Subject: Re: [boost] [algorithm] to_lower_copy / to_upper_copy with no output param assumes sequence to be same as input
From: Olaf van der Spek (ml_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-06-24 04:08:38


On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Sebastian Karlsson <sairony_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Seems to be easier than I anticipated, just add output type as a param
> and slap it in as the return type for transform_range_copy, like so:
>
>                template<typename SequenceT, typename OutputT >
>                inline SequenceT to_lower_copy(

Shouldn't the return type be OutputT?

>                        const SequenceT& Input,
>                        const std::locale& Loc=std::locale())
>                {
>                        return ::boost::algorithm::detail::transform_range_copy< OutputT >(
>                                Input,
>                                ::boost::algorithm::detail::to_lowerF<
>                                typename range_value<SequenceT>::type >(Loc));
>                }
>
> Seems to work with the little testing I've been able to do so far.

I'm not sure if C++ allows this, but SequenceT can be deduced while
OutputT can not.
Shouldn't OutputT therefore come first in the template list so that
SequenceT can be deduced?

Olaf