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

From: Stefan Slapeta (stefan_nospam__at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-15 16:29:46

Thorsten Ottosen wrote:

> 
> 1st vote: for or against adding these?
> 

For.

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

b! cr_begin is wrong (where does the underscore come from?), it should 
have to be crbegin instead, which is ugly.

 > I wonder whether it's better to say
 >
 >   cbegin(x)
 >
 > or
 >
 >   begin(as_const(x))
 >
 > The latter is certainly more general.
 >

It's more general but it has a big usability issue: it's hard for me to 
find a rationale that I can get a reverse_iterator by calling "rbegin" 
but have to apply something to the container to get a const_iterator.

Whatever the best solution is, there should be the same concept for 
const and reverse for the user!

Stefan