"Neal Becker" <ndbecker2@verizon.net> wrote in message news:ci2eu0$r3b$1@sea.gmane.org... | Thorsten Ottosen wrote: | | > "Neal Becker" <ndbecker2@verizon.net> wrote in message | > | namespace detail { | > | template<typename cont_t, typename range> | > | struct construct_from_range_impl { | > | cont_t operator() (range const& r) { | > | return cont_t (boost::begin (r), boost::end (r)); | > | } | > | }; | > | > Please see the "Utility" section of the docs. You would be looking for | > copy_range(). | > | > | template<typename T, typename range> | > | struct construct_from_range_impl<boost::numeric::ublas::vector<T>, | > | range> | > | { | > | typedef typename boost::numeric::ublas::vector<T> ret_t; | > | ret_t operator() (range const& r) { | > | ret_t v (boost::size (r)); | > | std::copy (boost::begin (r), boost::end (r), v.begin()); | > hm..if ublas support is needed one could either do | > | > 1. give ublas classes a constructor that takes two iterators | > 2. overload copy_range | > | > I would prefer 1. | > | How would 2 work? copy_range is a function, so can't have a partial | specialization. How would you overload for converting an arbitrary range | to ublas::vector<T>? hm...I see the problem...I guess you can't. br Thorsten