Subject: Re: [boost] Is Boost interested in the Boost-based Base64 library
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-06-09 18:13:58
On 09/06/2011 21:04, Denis Shevchenko wrote:
>> That interface is restrictive. Why not take iterators and ranges for
>> input and output iterators for output. That would grant greater
>> flexibility to source and destination: your code would be captured as
>> algorithms.
>>
>> Rob Stewart robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
>
> Yes, Rob, iterators are more flexible, but this flexibility is not
> always necessary.
>
> For example, we can write:
>
> std::vector< int > v{ 1, 2, 3 };
> auto it = std::find( v.begin(), v.end(), 2 );
>
> But Boost.Range provides "less flexible" solution:
>
> std::vector< int > v{ 1, 2, 3 };
> auto it = boost::range::find( v, 2 );
>
> IMO, this solution is much easier and safer, but less flexible.
Exactly where is flexibility lost?