[C++-sig] Re: container suite feedback & ideas

[David Abrahams]

Raoul Gough <RaoulGough at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> writes:
>
>> Raoul Gough <RaoulGough at yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>> This could be avoided by splitting algo_selector
>>> into multiple parts, and requiring the user to include headers like
>>> <.../indexing/map_support.hpp> and <.../indexing/vector_support.hpp>
>>> to get automatic algorithm selection for those containers.
>>
>> I think that makes sense.
>
> Now done. I'll also have to update the documentation for this
> change.
>
> I notice from the developers list that Beman Dawes is thinking about a
> release branch on November 3. Any thoughts about whether the new
> indexing suite should go into the next release or not? My only slight
> reservation is that it hasn't yet been tested on a compiler without
> partial template specialization support.

So let's test it!

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Dave Abrahams
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