Re: [Boost-users] back_inserter and pointer container library 2

From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-08 16:39:52

gast128 wrote:
>>>boost::ptr_vector<int>                              v2;
>>
>>[remark: I assume you only use int as example?]
> 
> Yes. Of cours in 'real' programmers life, these are classes.
> 
> 
>>2. provide a new function:
>>template< class PtrCont >
>>class ptr_back_insert_iterator<PtrCont>
>>{...};
> 
> I find this an appealing alternative.

It is certainly easier for you to add it than to wait for me to
extend the interface of the containers. :-)

OTOH, it is quite irritating that this assymmetry between input and 
output in the containers makes the containers less useable in such contexts.

-Thorsten