2010/12/18 Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>:
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Joachim Faulhaber <afojgo@googlemail.com> wrote:
The restriction imposed by bit-interleaving on the applicable element types is justified if the data structure gains efficiency. Using meta programming we can choose the best implementation dependent on the element type.
I think you mean the key type?
In terms of intervals as a set of elements: element_type. In terms of a 2D plane: coordinate_type. In terms of a sorted container: key_type. Since Phil started with intervals I chose "element_type" (of the interval). The key values of Phils interval_adaper would be z-values which differ from the element_type of the intervals as they have double length due to bit-interleaving. -- Interval Container Library [Boost.Icl] http://www.joachim-faulhaber.de