[Boost-users] Re: [Foreach]TroubleiteratingoverBoost.MultiIndexcontainers

"Thorsten Ottosen" writes:

"David Abrahams" wrote in message news:usm35lvo0.fsf@boost-consulting.com... | "Thorsten Ottosen" writes:

| > no, I was going to find user's adl_end() function via ADL. So this changes the | > extension protocol | > to overloading adl_end() from overloading end(). | | So, how does that keep ADL from kicking in? It doesn't.

no, we want ADL to kick in.

| I guess the ugly adl_ prefix

do you now anything less ugly? It clearly states the purpose of the function.

| might protect you from most accidental | collisions, but I'd rather see something that couldn't end up being a | useful acronym in some other context | | http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=adl&Find=Find | | adl_end seems very likely to collide.

does it?

Yes.

there is always some suffix, like _end(), _begin(), _size(), _empty().

You don't think someone might name a function to get the end of an analog delay line "adl_end?" You're much safer using boost_range_end or range_end if you're trying to keep it small. I don't see any reason to keep it small, though: users won't be invoking that function directly. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com