Re: [boost] Standard library Technical Report 2 proposals for Boost libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] Standard library Technical Report 2 proposals for Boost libraries
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-15 12:26:10

on Thu Dec 15 2011, Olaf van der Spek <ml-AT-vdspek.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>
>> on Thu Dec 15 2011, Olaf van der Spek <ml-AT-vdspek.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>> on Thu Dec 15 2011, Olaf van der Spek <ml-AT-vdspek.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Olaf van der Spek <ml_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Are there any plans to propose Boost Iterator for TR2?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave?
>>>>
>>>> I have no plans, and it really wouldn't be appropriate in its current
>>>> form. Â It needs a thorough going-over and probably a few design changes
>>>> before it would be ready for another attempt at standardization. Â The
>>>> standards proposals were determined to be not fully-baked enough when we
>>>> submitted them the last time.
>>>
>>> What about https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6240?
>>
>> What about it? Â I don't see its relevance to TR2
>
> The original idea was to request size_type to be added to
> iterator_traits. It'd properly solve the iterator_range::size() return
> type issue.
> Beman and Daniel said iterator_traits is considered less than ideal
> and suggested boost/iterator/iterator_traits instead.
> Hence my request to you.

Ah.

Well, we should really reconsider the relevance of iterator_traits in
light of the existence of decltype.  I would like to take another whack
at the iterators library but probably won't have time until after the
Kona meeting.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
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