Re: [boost] [iterator] std::sort on zip_iterator (repost)

Subject: Re: [boost] [iterator] std::sort on zip_iterator (repost)
From: Christopher Jefferson (chris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-28 11:15:49

On 28 May 2009, at 15:26, Steven Ross wrote:

> Is there a boost::iter_swap?  It would be useful to enable use of a  
> more
> specialized iter_swap for sorting.  This would apply both to my hybrid
> algorithms and spreadsort.

One thing to watch out for (you might know this) is that standard  
libraries are not required to use iter_swap for iterators, and in  
general don't (they often use swap(*a,*b)).

Chris