Re: [boost] More Boost.Range questions

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-17 06:17:14

"David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:uzmtrjbgr.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
|
| I note:
|
| 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
|    // default
| 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
|
|    template< typename C >
|    struct range_iterator
|    {
|        typedef BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME C::iterator type;
|    };
|
| (***)

[snip, no const for C ]

| at (***).  What am I missing?

Not much.

It must be a left-over from desperate attempts to make
the code portable.

In general, people seem to prefer range_result_iterator<T>::type.
We shuold just make range_iterator<const T> as well as
range_iterator<T> valid and then depricate range_const_iterator and 
range_result_iterator.

-Thorsten