Re: [boost] [intrusive] Review

From: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard (jbms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-17 18:57:02

"JOAQUIN LOPEZ MU?Z" <joaquin_at_[hidden]> writes:

> ----- Mensaje original -----
> De: Steven Watanabe <steven_at_[hidden]>
> Fecha: Sábado, Marzo 17, 2007 9:13 pm
> Asunto: Re: [boost] [intrusive] Review
> Para: boost_at_[hidden]

>> AMDG
>> 
>> Ion Gaztañaga <igaztanaga <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > > I don't think that current is a good name for the function
>> > > that gets an iterator from the value_type.  How about something
>> > > a little more descriptive like get_iterator, iterator_from, or
>> > > to_iterator?
>> > 
>> > "iterator_from" sounds good.

> What about "iterator_to"? I don't get the rationale for
> the "from" suffix. If i is an iterator and *i==x, one
> usually says "i is an iterator to x", right?

I understand your point, but I believe the idea behind the name is that
the function returns an iterator from a reference to an element.

I'll throw out another possibility: iterator_at.

-- 
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard