Re: [boost] Boost.Range naming

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-17 06:13:16

"David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:uhdfznybq.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
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| I don't remember whether I expressed these concerns earlier, but I
| don't think most of the names ought to have been in namespace boost.
| For example, names like range_xxxx are crying out for a range::
| namespace in which to put a component called xxxx.  Also, names like
| begin and end are so general and important that I think they should
| have been in boost::range, with perhaps an optional header that brings
| them into namespace boost via using declaration.

This came up in the long discussion we had some time ago about ADL and
names like begin()/end().

I think the consensus was to use the form

range::iterator<T>::type
range::value<T>::type
iterator::value<T>::type
iterator::difference<T>::type

The only sorry thing about this is that in namespace std we already have a 
class called iterator.

When I write the standard proposal, I will go for the
range namespace + merge iterator<T>::type and const_iterator<T>::type.

There are a number of larger changes we have already been considering; it 
might
make sense to make use of the range namespace in the sane round for 1.34.

-Thorsten