[boost] containers

From: Jason Hise (chaos_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-18 17:05:12

I was thinking about the simpler standard containers... specifically 
vector, deque, and list, and wondering... would there be any value in 
making a generic linear_container class which uses policies to define 
the allocation and iteration methods?  Specifically, I imagine something 
like this:

typedef linear_container < contiguous_iterator, alloc_using_new > vector;
typedef linear_container < double_linked_iterator, alloc_using_new > list;
// etc...

The iterator itself could probably be broken down into smaller traits, 
but the idea is that this would make it much easier to add new types of 
containers or mix and match existing functionality.  Through the 
linear_container it would be easy to ensure that all types of containers 
had the same interface (push_back, pop_back, etc...)  Thoughts/opinion?

-Jason