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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-14 07:01:17


"Andy Little" <andy_at_[hidden]> writes:

> "David Abrahams" wrote
>> Joel de Guzman writes:
>>
>>> advance_iterator looks general enough.
>>
>> What *is* an advance_iterator?
>
> FWIW:
>
> fusion::advance_iterator<
> Sequence, // the sequence to advance over
> Stride, // number of positions in underlying
> //sequence to move on 'next'
> StridedPosition, // underlying sequence::position *
> // Stride + Offset
> Offset // offset in underlying sequence units
>>
>
> The main use is to return a column in a linear sequence representing a matrix.

That's a well-known idea already in the literature; it's known as a
"strided iterator." Can we use the common terminology?

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Dave Abrahams
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