Re: [boost] [boost.range] renaming empty() to is_empty()

Thorsten Ottosen ha escrito:

Dear all,

John Torjo asks why don't rename the Range concepts empty() function to the more idiomatic and less embarrassing name is_empty()?

My initial thoughts were if this could ceate more confusion, but I'm beginning to think John is right.

So if people would cast some yes or no votes it would be great.

I'd vote no (i.e., I'd stick with empty). It is admittedly a bad name, but it's even worse to depart from STL terminology. I don't think it'll pose that many problems since anybody who delves into Boost.Range will be already familiar with STL containers and the empty() memfun. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo