Re: [boost] Thoughts for a GUI (Primitives) Library

Subject: Re: [boost] Thoughts for a GUI (Primitives) Library
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-09 13:49:40

On 09/09/10 17:48, Yakov Galka wrote

> Sorry, but I can't understand you.

I'm talking about

template<typename Range>
void set_caption(const Range& range);

then, depending on typename range_value<const Range>::type, you deduce 
whether it's UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32.

> Not quite right. Strings are ranges from algorithmic point of view. They are
> containers for all other uses.
> I prefer to write:
>      string caption = window.get_caption();
> rather than:
>      string caption;
>      window.get_caption(back_inserter(caption));

window.get_caption() doesn't need to specify what its return type is, 
other than it being a range.