[boost] AlRangeExandrescu?

Subject: [boost] AlRangeExandrescu?
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-23 08:48:50

Hi Neil,

I'm sure someone already spoke to you about this, but just in case:  
Andrei Alexandrescu gave a very interesting presentation at BoostCon  
that was based on a "ranges only" approach that should eliminate  
issues like this one:

   2: return type specification for find() etc
   ===========================================
   There where no major objection to the mechanism, but some found
   the syntax ugly. I believe the suggested syntax (e.g.)

    boost::find[_f,_e]( range, x )

    boost::find[_f+1,_e]( range, x )

He says he's implemented a superset of the STL algorithms with it so  
we know the expressive power is fairly complete.  I was wondering if  
you had given any thought to making use of his insights?  Especially  
considering that RangeEx hasn't been used to fully cover a generic  
domain (I think), it might make sense.

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David Abrahams
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