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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] BGL -- adjacency_matrix, graph concepts
From: Raymond Wan (r.wan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-07 22:50:32

Hi again Andrew,

Andrew Sutton wrote:
>> 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 :)

Ah, thank you for this -- the docs make a bit more sense now!  I'll stop 
looking for a BidirectionalGraph constructor, then...  :-)

Ray