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

From: dan marsden (danmarsden_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-17 15:25:59

> Anyway, that wasn't my point. My point was that
> it is really easy to get the array behavior if you
> want it.
> 
> The only part missing is direct support in the range
> library
> to trigger array behavior for range arguments, say
> as_array().

It seems strange to need to force the more basic
behaviour of an unconstrainted array of chars with
zero cost for establishing the bounds, and default to
higher level behaviour implying a delimiter and a
linear cost to calculate the bounds.

Some of this depends on what you perceive as the
common case, but the differing behaviour between
char[N] and MyType[N] presents a lack of uniformity
that could hurt generic code developers and confuse
users.

Dan

                
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