Re: [boost] Interval Trees & ICL

Subject: Re: [boost] Interval Trees & ICL
From: Joachim Faulhaber (afojgo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-15 15:34:44

2010/12/15 Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Joachim Faulhaber
> <afojgo_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> The two main candidates would be something like to boost::split_interval_set or
>>> a centred interval tree
>>> (along the lines of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_tree).
>>> It seems to me that the characteristics of an interval tree differ sufficiently
>>> from the containers defined in ICL that they might make a useful addition.
>>
>> No doubt, interval_trees would be a useful addition to the library.
>> For certain use cases they perform better than the interval container
>> currently available in the ICL.
>
> In the cases where I've needed them, only a container that preserved
> the inserted intervals

interesting

> (and information about overlaps)

isn't this the hairy part?

> would do (I was storing musical notes, FWIW)

Cheers,
Joachim