From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-17 08:00:46
Ross MacGregor wrote:
>
> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> Ross MacGregor <ross__macgregor_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> Paul, you are right. I should change the parameter names to (begin,
>>> shuffle_end, end). This matches the specification for partial sort and
>>
>>
>> I don't think so...
>
>
> You are right, I will fix that.
>
> Now the logical place to put this would be <boost/algorithm> wouldn't
> it? I was hoping to simply append this to an existing boost library, but
> it looks like it would require a new one.
>
> Would anyone be against having an algorithm library, especially one that
> had only one algorithm for now?
Not I.
> Are there really no other useful
> algorithms that the STL missed?
There are. See boost/detail/binary_search.hpp. That'll be fixed in the
TR, but in the meantime you may need it to get around some compilers'
concept checks.
-Dave