Re: [boost] Survey: What should an immutable byte sequence data structure be named?

At Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:23:09 -0500, David Bergman wrote:

But is not a buffer (with its implicit assumption of being a "bunch of bytes"), since - according to DMB - it is an immutable finite sequence of "anything", i.e., the concept behind std::vector, albeit immutable, so immutable_vector.

We should definitely separate these two concerns quite clearly and explain *exactly* what the purpose of that immutable finite sequence type is; is it intended *only* for use from text-handling "higher-level" notions? If so, why? And, where did that "sequence of *anything*" come from then?

You added it, I think. See the original question in the subject. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com