Re: [boost] [Review:Algorithms] Order of args to clamp

Subject: Re: [boost] [Review:Algorithms] Order of args to clamp
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-26 12:31:42

on Mon Sep 26 2011, Olaf van der Spek <ml-AT-vdspek.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Christian Holmquist
> <c.holmquist_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> Is this really the fault of clamp() though?
>>>
>> No, but clamp can avoid exposing this inherited problem, just as
>> std::min/std::max does.
>
> min and max have two 'equivalent' parameters. clamp doesn't, 

That's presuming some notion of the meaning of "clamp" that may not be
shared by everyone here. 

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