"Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto@cs.auc.dk> writes:
"David Abrahams" <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote in message news:ufywlzgsa.fsf@boost-consulting.com... | "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto@cs.auc.dk> writes: | | > Would it be ok with people if const char[N] was the only | > special case? | | No. | | > (Afterall, that type is not much use as a buffer) | | char buffer1[1000]; | char buffer2[1000];
boost::array<char,1000> buffer1; boost::array<char,1000> buffer2;
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| template <class Range1, class Range2> | void copy(Range1 const& src, Range2& dst) | { | // ... range operations here | // note that if Range1 was char[N] it will be treated as a string
anyway, it seems I'm the only person with my view so I guess we should let experience/authority win for once :-)
Thank you. For what it's worth, that my other disagreement with you revolves around the same principle: that it's important to be able to treat types uniformly. Cheers, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com