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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:27:26 -0800
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From: Mark Brown <mbrown@inbox.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Re: new container member functions cbegin() and cend()
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Attached is my first attempt at a patch implementing these functions. =
Please let me know if I've missed something. The ChangeLong entry is here:

2007-03-13  Mark Brown <mbrown=40inbox.com>

=09STDCXX-335
=09* map (cbegin, cend, crbegin, crend): Implemented new accessor functions.
=09* set: Same.
=09* string: Same.
=09* vector: Same.
=09* deque: Same.
=09* list: Same.

-- Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mbrown=40inbox.com
> Sent: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:12:09 -0800
> To: stdcxx-dev=40incubator.apache.org, stdcxx-dev=40incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: new container member functions cbegin() and cend()
>=20
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sebor=40roguewave.com
>> Sent: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:44:49 -0700
>> To: stdcxx-dev=40incubator.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: new container member functions cbegin() and cend()
>>=20
>> Mark Brown wrote:
>>> The next C++ standard adds a couple of new container member functions,
>>> cbegin() and cend(), that will make it easier to retrieve const
>>> iterators from non-const container objects. Are there any plans to add
>>> these functions to stdcxx?
>>=20
>> I assume you're referring to the Working Draft of the Standard for
>> Programming Language C++:
>> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2006/n2134.pdf
>>=20
>> and the functions are those proposed in Walter Brown's Proposal
>> to Improve const_iterator Use from C++0X:
>> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1674.pdf
>=20
> Yes, the functions from Alternative 1 are the ones I was referring
> to. They will become especially handy when the =22auto=22 feature is
> available in compilers. Does anyone know of a compiler that
> supports this use of auto?
>=20
>>=20
>> I have no immediate plans to implement these functions but we
>> certainly expect and plan to implement the new C++ standard by
>> the time it comes out.
>>=20
>> If you would like to submit a patch with these functions or any
>> other feature that's expected to be in the next standard you
>> are most welcome to do so. Small extensions like this one might
>> be okay for trunk. Bigger features will probably be more
>> appropriate for a yet-to-be created branch as suggested in
>> STDCXX-299: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-299
>=20
> I will work on a patch.
>=20
> -- Mark
>=20
>>=20
>> Martin
>>=20
>>>=20
>>> -- Mark

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