Re: [boost] [Review] ITL review questions

Subject: Re: [boost] [Review] ITL review questions
From: Simonson, Lucanus J (lucanus.j.simonson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-23 20:22:24

Why is the element iterator type a member of the interval set and map class when it isn't even applicable for "continuous" domain types?  Why not just provide a utility iterator adaptor for iterators over intervals that lazily generates elements as a separate template class and let people use it where it is applicable?  There shouldn't be the need to warn the user or depricate the element iterators if they aren't class members of the containers and it is obvious to the user that they may iterate a large number of time for intervals with large extents.  I also don't understand why there is an itl::map and itl::set since they don't seem to add anything that can't be easily accomplished with interval_set and interval_map plus the element iterator adaptor or with std::set and std::map.  It just isn't clear to me what they are for.  Also, the absorb_neutrons function seems strangely out of place and has no documentation.  What does it do?

I'll probably come up with more questions as I continue the review and I don't want to save them up for the end because then we don't get as much good discussion.

Thanks,
Luke