"Eric Niebler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Rene Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> 
>>> Even though I like the new function descriptions you have I might
>>> lean towards having this kind of layout:
>>>
>>> Parameters:         
>>>
>>>     begin   The beginning of the sequence.
>>>
>>>     end             The end of the sequence.
>>>
>>>     flags   Optional match flags, used to control how the expression
>>>             is matched against the sequence. (See match_flag_type.)
>>>
>>>     re              The regular expression object to use
>>>
>>>     what    The match_results struct into which the sub_matches
>>>             will be written
>>>
>>> Requires:   
>>>
>>>     Types BidiIter and OtherBidiIter meet the requirements of a
>>>     Bidirectional Iterator (24.1.4).
>>>
>>>     OtherBidiIter is convertible to BidiIter.
>>>
>>>     [begin,end) denotes a valid iterator range.
>>>
>>> Returns:    
>>>
>>>     true if a match is found, false otherwise
>>>
>>> Throws:
>>>
>>>     regex_error on stack exhaustion
>>>     
>> I like this.
>> 
>
>
> But why? Given the aspect ratio of most monitors, vertical space is at a 
> higher premium than horizontal. This will just cause more useful 
> information to scroll off the bottom of the screen.

You can't really use the width of most monitors effectively anyway
unless you display multiple columns on a page.  Long lines are hard to
read.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com



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