1 May
2008
1 May
'08
6:46 p.m.
on Tue Apr 29 2008, Kevin Lynch <krlynch-AT-bu.edu> wrote:
Paul A Bristow wrote:
T next_greater(T val)
Returns the next representable value greater than "val".
T next_less(T val)
Returns the next representable value less than "val".
pred and succ have been used elsewhere. They are shorter.
I disagree with Paul here: I prefer the longer, more descriptive names, especially in a general purpose library.
We do have next() and prior() (not abbreviations!) already, which have meaning for iterators, integers, etc. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://boost-consulting.com