Re: [boost] Re: [boost.range] late addition, votes needed

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-15 13:35:11

On Sep 15, 2004, at 1:09 PM, Thorsten Ottosen wrote:

> "Doug Gregor" <dgregor_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:DD33A4E0-0733-11D9-8C97-000A95B0EC64_at_cs.indiana.edu...
> |
> | On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:09 AM, Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
>
> | > Given the framework in boost.range these would be absolutely 
> *trivial*
> | > to add.
> | >
> | > 1st vote: for or against adding these?
> |
> | Against. If the C++ committee likes them, we can add them into a 
> later
> | revision of Boost.
>
> Ok, but doesn't it usually work the way that things go into boost 
> first? If
> not for anything else, then to
> see if the stuff works in practice?

cbegin()/cend() aren't all that useful unless they also work with the 
standard library containers. If it's never going to happen for the 
standard containers, why bother putting it into Boost? Something like 
"as_const(c)" is a totally different story, of course.

        Doug