[boost] Re: [Range] issues

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-02 23:51:40

"Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> I was just looking at using Boost.Range in my new Sequence library and
>> noticed the following:
>
>>   4. Having a pile of names prefixed by "range_" (like
>>      boost::range_const_iterator) just seems wrong to me when we have
>>      namespaces.  Is there a good reason we're not using
>>      boost::range::const_iterator or boost::ranges::const_iterator?
>
> I think I'm partially responsible for this. Originally Thorsten was
> using the names value_type_of, difference_of, iterator_of, etc, and
> I pointed out that the iterator library uses the names iterator_xxx
> for similar metafunctions. I believe there was extensive discussion
> about it at the time.

Two wrongs don't make a right!  Mea culpa; I should have put those in
boost::iterators::.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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