Re: [Boost-users] BGL -- adjacency_matrix, graph concepts

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] BGL -- adjacency_matrix, graph concepts
From: Andrew Sutton (andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-07 07:49:17

> I see.  In other words, BidirectionalGraph, etc. are "abstract views" and
> there is no way one would call a "BidirectionalGraph constructor" -- there's
> no such thing?  For example, in the documentation, one might say that a
> problem requires a "BidirectionalGraph".  This is short-hand for both the
> authors and the readers that the problem requires some data structure,
> types, etc.?
>

 "View" isn't quite the right word - more like "contract" - but otherwise,
that's a fairly accurate description :)

Andrew Sutton
andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden]