Re: [boost] [Range] Support for array references, svn:executable on headers

Subject: Re: [boost] [Range] Support for array references, svn:executable on headers
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-13 20:55:50

AMDG

On 05/13/2011 05:08 PM, Bryce Lelbach wrote:
> Boost.Range does not support array reference types. I'd like to add the
> specializations/overloads/code to Boost.Range to support array reference types
> (I have commit rights). Neil, is this alright? Does anyone see any see any 
> problems with such changes?
> 
> (some) of the places where changes are needed:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> One test case demonstrating the problem:
> 
>   #include <boost/range.hpp>
> 
>   #include <iostream>
>   #include <typeinfo>
> 
>   int main(void) {
>     std::cout << typeid(boost::range_size<char const (&)[5]>::type).name() << std::endl;
>     return 0;
>   }
> 

Why do you expect this to work?  range_size doesn't support
references at all.  Why should a reference to an array
be special?  Doesn't range_size<char const[5]> work?

> P.S. A number of the headers in Boost.Range have the svn:excecutable property.
>      Can I remove this property from said headers?
> 

Please do.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe