Re: [Boost-users] Where should STL suggestions go?

From: goochrules! (goochrules_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-09 22:41:51

> I know this is not the correct place to suggest new features to the STL,
> but I can't find a similar group for STL.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Sorry for the interruption.
> 
> P.S. In case you're wondering what the suggestion is: Add ability to use
> random access operators with iterators.  E.g.
> 
> vector<int> intv;
> ...
> vector<int>::iterator i=intv.begin();
> intv[i]++;

What do you want that last line to do?  To me it looks like you could
be using "(*i)++;" instead to achieve the same result.

> It seems odd and confusing that iterators have pointer semantics but not
> random access semantics.

they do already, well, some of them at least do (of which, vector is
one): http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/RandomAccessIterator.html.  In fact,
look in section 4.2 here:
http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/table_of_contents.html... that should
answer more questions than I can.

-- Matthew Peltzer
-- goochrules_at_[hidden]