Re: [boost] Re: boost/pending/mutable_queue missing clear() function

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-14 15:29:45

On Mar 14, 2005, at 12:55 PM, David Abrahams wrote:

> Douglas Gregor <doug.gregor_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> On Feb 11, 2005, at 5:39 PM, Lloyd J Lewins wrote:
>>
>>> I notice that mutable_queue is missing a clear() function, i.e. a low
>>> overhead way of emptying the entire queue (without resorting to
>>> repeated
>>> pops). However, I think clear() can be implemented as follows:
>>>
>>>     void clear() { clear(); }
>>>
>>> Which is efficient and (often) fast.
>
> Surely that one only runs until you blow the stack.  Am I missing
> something?

No, but neither did I :) The correct code (in CVS of course) is:

   void clear() { c.clear(); }

        Doug