[boost] [multi_array] Undocumented boost::copy_n in multi_array/algorithm.hpp

From: Eelis van der Weegen (bstdev-ml_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-31 21:59:39

In a project of mine I use a (global) copy_n function template (that copies the 
first n elements of one sequence to another). When I tried using my copy_n with 
an iterator returned by multi_array<..>::begin, I got some unexpected argument 
mismatches. It turned out that multi_array/algorithm.hpp defines an undocumented 
boost::copy_n function template (with a different argument order than my own 
copy_n), which was selected instead of my own copy_n due to ADL.

I'm not sure this is a "bug", but it seems to me that this boost::copy_n should 
either be documented, or placed in boost::detail so it won't conflict with user 
defined copy_n's (like it did in my case).

Regards,

Eelis