Re: [Boost-users] [range] Best way to construct a std::set from a range?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [range] Best way to construct a std::set from a range?
From: Nat Goodspeed (nat_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-03 18:41:29

Gabriel Redner wrote:

> If I have a pair of iterators, I can construct a set like so:
> 
> std::set<SomeType> s(it1, it2);
> 
> If instead I have a range, I can adapt it like so:
> 
> std::set<SomeType> s(boost::begin(range), boost::end(range));
> 
> However, my range object is being constructed on the fly.  I'd like to
> be able to do:
> 
> std::set<SomeType> s(MakeRange(args));

Have you looked at range_ex?
http://www.boostpro.com/vault/index.php?action=downloadfile&filename=range_ex.zip&directory=Algorithms&

I think this has been reviewed, but I don't remember its current 
"official" status at the moment.