Re: [boost] [range] range_size<T> deprecation, updated docs etc.

From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-09 10:25:42

David Abrahams skrev:
> on Fri Nov 09 2007, Thorsten Ottosen <nesotto-AT-cs.aau.dk> wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
>>
>> As suggested by several people, I have started to rely on 
>> range_difference<T>::type in all places of the library.
>>
>> I have also updated the docs w.r.t new concepts and are working on 
>> polishing them.
>>
>> 1.35 will introduce a new function
>>
>>     template< class T >
>>     BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME range_difference<T>::type size( const T& r );
> 
> Really, you're returning the difference_type and not the size_type?

Yes, that was the intension. Iterators don't have a size_type per se, 
and so it complicated the whole thing a little to make the user worry 
about this.

-Thorsten