Geometry Boost List: [ggl] reversible_range and closeable_range

Subject: [ggl] reversible_range and closeable_range
From: Barend Gehrels (barend.gehrels)
Date: 2010-05-07 16:44:49

Hi Bruno,

> Nice addition, thanks :-) I had thought about such thing many times,
> it's really useful.
>
> I wouldn't rename this into range. A view is always a range, so this
> particular case is not an exception in this regard. A view is
> something that behaves like a range but doesn't really contain the
> elements it iterates other. It's rather a proxy to those elements
> (which come from a "real" range, that is their real owner). If a
> reversible_range appears in Boost, I suspect it would rather be called
> reversed_view (or simply reversed, as Boost.Range naming convention
> seems to be to not even mention "view" at all).
>
>   
OK, good to hear. View is OK for me and the reasoning is OK.
However, it is not always "reversed", but sometimes, so for me 
reversible looks more natural.

Regards,
Barend