From: "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto@cs.auc.dk>
In the pre-redmond mailing Walter Brown discusses the possibility of adding these members to standard container classes:
const_iterator cbegin(); const_iterator cend(); const_reverse_iterator crbegin(); const_reverse_iterator crbegin();
The motiviation is that we want to be able to say explicitly "give me a const iterator" without doing ugly casts. IMO a sound idea.
Agreed.
Given the framework in boost.range these would be absolutely *trivial* to add.
1st vote: for or against adding these?
Yes.
2nd vote: which naming scheme to use:
a: cbegin(), cr_begin()
b: const_begin(); const_rbegin();
Unquestionably, "b." That version parallels "iterator" versus "const_iterator," not to mention being more readable. -- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;