Re: [boost] Re: [Formal review] Collection Traits library

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-07 09:10:11

From: Pavol Droba <droba_at_[hidden]>
> On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 09:59:44AM +0200, John Torjo wrote:
> >
> > How about a range_traits class:
> > 
> > template<class C> struct range_traits {
> >    typedef typename iterator_of<C>::type iterator;
> >    typedef typename const_iterator_of<C>::type iterator;
> >    ...etc
> > };
> > 
> > It seems to me it provides a more unified of finding metadata about a 
> > range (and it's a traits class ;))
> > Has this been suggested already?
> 
> There was a long discussion about this issue some time ago. Monolitic
> class is not an acceptable solution, due to several reasons.

Why not have both?  All it takes is a new header that defines this new traits
class.

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