Re: [boost] Re: Boost Iterable Range Library update (v1.5)

From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-15 06:45:23

>>
>>It maps ok with bidirectional/random access. If an iterator has a
>>given iterator category, the range will preserve it. I have used it in
>>code, and it's quite powerful.
> 
> 
> Don't you need a current position, start and an end for bidirectional
> iteration?  Forward "ranges" just get a current position and an end.
> 

In my view, bidirectional means that the begin() iterator from the range 
can move both ways, and that it still has an end() of the range.

Best,
John

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