Re: Difference between input range and forward range

[Dominikus Dittes Scherkl via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 18:57:31 UTC, Steven 
Schveighoffer wrote:
IMO, that shouldn't be a forward range. But in any case, the 
correct mechanism is:

forward range -> a = b works and makes a copy of the iteration.
non-forward range -> a = b fails, you'd have to use a = 
b.getRef or something like that -or- a = b is a moving 
operation (a is no longer usable)
Hmm. You mean "b is no longer usable", right?
So, any algorithm requiring a copy should better do something like

static if(isForwardRange!range)
   copy = range;
else
   copy = range.save();