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

From: Ronald Garcia (garcia_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-10 13:30:58

On Dec 31, 2004, at 9:59 PM, Eelis van der Weegen wrote:

> 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
>
Greetings,

Yes, that was an oversight on my part.  copy_n has now been moved into 
the detail namespace.

Thanks for catching that.

Cheers,

ron