From: John E. Potter (jpotter_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-01 15:42:19
On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Mark Rodgers wrote:
> It suggests that there is probably some rule that could be used to
> switch between the two algorithms. Either
>
> 1. size() < N, or
> 2. distance(first, last) > M, or
> 3. distance(first, last) / size() > P.
Since the iterators are input_iterators, there is a bit of a
problem with distance. Dispatch on iterator_category would
allow it for forward and above.
> I would think that at least vector_multiset's ranged constructor
> could take advantage of this alternative.
Yes, here there is a clear advantage to fill and stable_sort.
John