Re: [boost] Data / String Ref library

Subject: Re: [boost] Data / String Ref library
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-29 13:41:37

On 29/03/2011 19:24, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Yakov Galka<ybungalobill_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>> boost::iterator_range<const char*>  is a sequence of bytes/chars, that is
>> what pair<const void*,size_t>  represents. It solves this case completely,
>> but only that case.
>
> Using const void* allows the callee to easily pass whatever he wants,
> using iterator_range<const unsigned char*>  requires him to do an ugly
> cast.
>
> iterator_range also includes the terminator, which IMO is wrong.

iterator_range is a pair of iterators. In the case of 
iterator_range<const unsigned char*>, it's a pair of pointers.

It only includes what you instruct it to.

Use boost::as_literal to construct an iterator_range from a string literal.