Re: [boost] passing ranges or output iterators to virtual functions

From: John C. Femiani (john.femiani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-21 03:47:40

Barco You wrote:
> In Adobe example
> the function: void reverse_and_print(any_iterator_to_int first,
> any_iterator_to_int last) is not virtual funciton!
>   
The task at hand called for "fixed signature".
Since the types are concrete whats keeping you from using them in a 
virtual function?

>>> The task at hand: pass a list of objects through a function call with
>>> fixed signature (such as a virtual function) without exposing the actual
>>> container type used.
>>>
>>>       
BTW: see http://www.artima.com/cppsource/type_erasure.html

--John