[boost] Re: TR2 and C++0x heads up

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (agurtovoy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-25 02:29:42

Thorsten Ottosen writes:
> "Victor A. Wagner Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:6.2.0.14.2.20050423222733.080be828_at_mail.rudbek.com...
> | At Saturday 2005-04-23 19:46, you wrote:
> |
> | >"Thorsten Ottosen" wrote:
> | >
> | > > Besides, boost.date_time I think these other libs are good candidates
> | > > (maybe
> | > > with slight modifications):
> | > >
> | > > 2. optional
> | > >
> | >This would be very useful addition.
> | >
> | >It would likely require update of algorithms, e.g. std::sort
> | >to deal with containers of optionals.
> |
> | if we're going to consider updating any of the algorithms, why can't we
> | somehow update them all so that somealg(c.begin(), c.end(), 
> morepossibleargs)
> | means exactly the same thing as:
> | somealg(c, morepossibleargs)
> | ?
>
> Don't worry; I'll propose this as part óf my submission of
> boost.range.

Please be sure to coordinate with other people who worked/are working
on the topic, then. See
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/120408/, for
instance. This is way too important to allow a false start, IMO.

-- 
Aleksey Gurtovoy
MetaCommunications Engineering