Den 03-05-2011 14:22, Tobias Germer skrev:
Hi all,
I think there is a problem with the behavior of boost::as_literal. If I got it right, it is supposed to create an iterator_range from null-terminated strings, which is fine. However, it also creates iterator_ranges from exisiting ranges, i.e., it converts general ranges to iterator_ranges. I think as_literal should fall back to identity (i.e., just return its argument) if its argument is already a range.
With the current behavior, the type information of the range is lost. This is a problem if I write generic code and want to dispatch several cases based on the type of the range. Consider the following example:
I think what you are proposing needs a new name unless we can guarantee that no code is broken. -Thorsten