From: John Torjo (john.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-16 12:37:08
>
> Why is it important to have an end but not to have a beginning?
>
Yup, you do have a point. Having an end is useful for traversing it from
begin to end. Thus, the range concept applies to all iterators.
It might be useful to think about having a beginning, for bidirectional
ranges. It certainly needs more thought.
Best,
John
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