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Subject: Re: [boost] AlRangeExandrescu?
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-24 13:21:10
on Fri Jul 24 2009, Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen-AT-dezide.com> wrote:
> David Abrahams skrev:
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>> Regardless, there could still be a single correct answer from the
>> standpoint of aesthetics, purity, and orthogonality. If
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>> drop_front(find(range, x))
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>> does the same thing as
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>> find[_f+1,_e]( range, x )
>>
>> then you don't need the complicated meta-goop in there.
>
> Then how would you safely implement
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> find[_f-1,_e]( range, x );
At first glance, you can't. Is there a known use case for that? If not, it's moot.
-- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com
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