[boost] Re: Re: char[] support in Boost.Range

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-17 14:43:58

Dave Harris wrote:
> In-Reply-To: <20050516205339.GW11789_at_[hidden]>
> droba_at_[hidden] (Pavol Droba) wrote (abridged):
>> In addition I would suggest to remove direct support for pointer
>> types like char* from the range library and provide it only via
>> as_string() construct to definitely remove any kind of confusion.
>
> Sounds like a good idea.
>
> Are we going to generalise it to allow any (compile-time constant)
> terminator? If so, is as_string() the best name?

Why does the terminator have to be a compile-time constant?

Jonathan