Jeff Garland wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I think the new range interface is a major usability advance -- well at least for unix programmers. He actually threw me off a bit with this example:
std::string dst(...) range_copy(rng|to_upper|to_lower|to_upper, dst);
which didn't make sense (apparently it was a joke). Still, I'm pretty sure in a code reading contest more programmers would understand this:
dst.to_upper().to_lower().to_upper();
as obviously ridiculous code.
Me, I prefer the immutable and functional approach: to_upper(to_lower(to_upper(rng))) Yeah, for the record, I never liked the use of the |. With the plain functional syntax, the joke is very clear. For the record, I don't like fat everything-but-the-kitchen-sink interface too. Same as I dislike mutating functions. Sorry, Jeff. Regards, -- Joel de Guzman http://www.boost-consulting.com http://spirit.sf.net