Attached is my first attempt at a patch implementing these functions. Please
let me know if I've missed something. The ChangeLong entry is here:
2007-03-13 Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
STDCXX-335
* map (cbegin, cend, crbegin, crend): Implemented new accessor
functions.
* set: Same.
* string: Same.
* vector: Same.
* deque: Same.
* list: Same.
-- Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:12:09 -0800
> To: [email protected], [email protected]
> Subject: Re: new container member functions cbegin() and cend()
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:44:49 -0700
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: new container member functions cbegin() and cend()
>>
>> Mark Brown wrote:
>>> The next C++ standard adds a couple of new container member functions,
>>> cbegin() and cend(), that will make it easier to retrieve const
>>> iterators from non-const container objects. Are there any plans to add
>>> these functions to stdcxx?
>>
>> I assume you're referring to the Working Draft of the Standard for
>> Programming Language C++:
>> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2006/n2134.pdf
>>
>> and the functions are those proposed in Walter Brown's Proposal
>> to Improve const_iterator Use from C++0X:
>> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1674.pdf
>
> Yes, the functions from Alternative 1 are the ones I was referring
> to. They will become especially handy when the "auto" feature is
> available in compilers. Does anyone know of a compiler that
> supports this use of auto?
>
>>
>> I have no immediate plans to implement these functions but we
>> certainly expect and plan to implement the new C++ standard by
>> the time it comes out.
>>
>> If you would like to submit a patch with these functions or any
>> other feature that's expected to be in the next standard you
>> are most welcome to do so. Small extensions like this one might
>> be okay for trunk. Bigger features will probably be more
>> appropriate for a yet-to-be created branch as suggested in
>> STDCXX-299: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-299
>
> I will work on a patch.
>
> -- Mark
>
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>>
>>> -- Mark
