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Subject: Re: [boost] difference_type size()?
From: andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]
Date: 2011-10-19 15:55:09


On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 12:27:31 Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. wrote:
>
> In any case, it's some
> irrelevant for non-random-access iterators as iterator_range::size() is only
> defined for random access iterators, no?

Sorry, I was a bit hasty in my previous reply. Yes, I'm surprised to say that
iterator_range::size() is implemented for random access iterators only.
Nevertheless, there's still no reason to make its return type signed.


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