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

From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-12 07:58:44

Jan Gaspar skrev:
> Sorry I don't have time to do this. Anyway IMO implementing reserve would give an impression that the capacity is not fixed

but how can it be fixed if set_capacity can alter it?

> and increases as you put elements into the circular buffer. And at last circular buffer is not a vector.

no, but there are overlaps in functionality/use-cases and not having 
reserve makes it harder to write generic code that accepts either type.

-Thorsten