Re: [Boost-users] Re: Iterators

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-16 16:49:07

At Friday 2004-04-16 12:18, you wrote:
> > From: "Victor A. Wagner Jr."
>
> > what the heck are best_element and worst_element?  at least I _know_ what
> > min and max are.
>
>we all _know_ what min and max are - that's the problem - we have a default
>predicate in mind - so min_element(begin, end, greater) doesn't work as you
>would initially (intuitively) expect - to understand it generally requires
>viewing it as min_indexed_element_if_ordered_by.

you have actually seen someone (other than yourself) write:
min_element(begin, end, greater)    ??

reminds me of the long gone (thankfully)  unless(blah) from BCPL
>
>
>best and worst have the advantage of requiring a context before they can be
>understood - best_element(begin, end, greater) should therefore be clear to
>just about anybody (i would hope :)
>
>ian whittley
>
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