Re: [boost] [circular_buffer] why is there no reserve(size_type)?

From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-11 15:49:29

Jan Gaspar skrev:
> because:
> 1) it's behaviour is slightly different from the standard - you can increase but also decrease the capaciry of the container; decreasing of the capacity is not supported by reserve()
> 2) the word capacity is used all over the documentation of the circular buffer. I think set_capacity expresses better what the method does.

So the function is slightly different from the one in std::vector :-) 
Having a reserve() won't hurt ... in fact, it will make it easier to 
write code that works for both vector and circular_buffer.

-Thorsten