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

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-15 14:56:43

From: "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto_at_[hidden]>
> 
> In the pre-redmond mailing Walter Brown discusses the possibility of adding
> these members to standard container classes:
> 
> const_iterator cbegin();
> const_iterator cend();
> const_reverse_iterator crbegin();
> const_reverse_iterator crbegin();
> 
> The motiviation is that we want to be able to say explicitly "give me a const
> iterator" without doing ugly casts.
> IMO a sound idea.

Agreed.

> Given the framework in boost.range these would be absolutely *trivial* to add.
> 
> 1st vote: for or against adding these?

Yes.

> 2nd vote: which naming scheme to use:
> 
>  a: cbegin(), cr_begin()
> 
>  b: const_begin(); const_rbegin();

Unquestionably, "b."  That version parallels "iterator" versus
"const_iterator," not to mention being more readable.

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