"Peter Dimov" <pdimov@mmltd.net> writes:
David Abrahams wrote:
Just because the original designers made the mistake of building in rbegin() and rend() accessors, it doesn't mean we should perpetuate the same mistake for consistency.
I wouldn't call it a mistake. rbegin/rend isolate the user from the somewhat counter-intuitive notion that rbegin() is obtained from end().
Or they confuse the user who thinks "the iterator goes backwards, therefore I should start from rend() and increment until rbegin()."
I like the proposed cbegin/crbegin member functions. There is a vast audience of programmers that value ease of use and consistency above orthogonality.
Convenience functions are fine with me, actually. Still, I'd be reluctant to do this without making the more general components available. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com