[boost] Re: Any interest in a boost::glob() function?

From: Angus Leeming (angus.leeming_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-27 16:26:08

Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
> You need to implement iterator that match InputIterator concept. Also it
> is very similar to iteration though N-ary matrix.
> 
> You need to build a collection of directory iterators on each level.
> 
> Here is a sketch of how next function would look like (if you use
> input_iterator_adaptor).
> 
> void next()
> {
>     starting from end find first level iterator that is not equal to end
> 
>     If not found, finite la comedi.
> 
>     if found last level, increment it and that's all
> 
>     If found level in the middle increment it, rebuild all directory
> iterators for following levels and start from the beginning.
> }
> 
> I think there should be iterator like this (generic, over matrix)
> somewhere.If not it would be interesting undertaking.

Gennadiy,

Thank you for this. I'll mull it over and get back to you.

Regards,
Angus