Re: [boost] [range] extension proposal - construct

From: Neal Becker (ndbecker2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-22 06:28:33

Pavol Droba wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a proposal for addition to Boost.Range library:
> 
> template<typename RangeT, typename OtherRangeT>
> RangeT construct<RangeT>(const OtherRangeT& Source);
> 
> template<typename RangeT, typename IteratorT>
> RangeT construct<RangeT>(IteratorT From, IteratorT To);
> 
> Both functions should construct a range of type RangeT, that will
> contain elements from Source or [From,To) respectively.
> 
> Motivation:
> 
> In the standard library Sequence concept defines a way for constructing a
> sequence from and arbitrary range of iterators. This is very useful
> concept and it would be nice to have something similar available
> in the Range library.
> 

Yes, I already proposed this and use if frequently.