Re: [boost] Heterogeneous Container Library (HCL) Feedback and Testing

Subject: Re: [boost] Heterogeneous Container Library (HCL) Feedback and Testing
From: Evgeny Panasyuk (evgeny.panasyuk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-06-05 09:17:32

05.06.2015 15:28, Andrzej Krzemienski:

>> Same applies to boost::variant, and even to "classic OO" - it's just
>> general polymorphism considerations.
>>
>> For example:
>> hcl::vector<Types> v, z;
>> // ...
>> for_each(v, [&](auto &x)
>> {
>>      draw(x);
>>      // ...
>>      if(something(x))
>>          push_back(z, x);
>> });
>> // ...
>> for_each(z, [](auto &x))
>> {
>>      serialize(x);
>> });
>
>
> Ok, I understand. I wish what I was told in this thread was synthesized and
> displayed in the introduction page or in documentation.
> Also, the for_each you presented, perhaps it should be part of this
> library's interface?

Yes, of course it should be in library. I presumed that it was already 
there, but I didn't checked.
And I think not just for_each - such kind of library should contain 
(several/many) algorithms + containers, not just containers.

Best Regards,
Evgeny Panasyuk