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In article <4378m2$1n86@news.doit.wisc.edu>, khan@xraylith.wisc.edu (Mumit Khan) writes:
|> This is a rather interesting thread started by Tony Cook in c.std.c++
[...]
|> 
|> 
|> 3. Container member functions -- any new members that you think "ought"
|>    to be added? When it comes to STL, I tend to favor not touching the
|>    container classes and rather favor adding global fcts ala algo.h.
|>

template <class Container>
void clear(Container& c) {

  c.erase(c.begin(),c.end());
}

|> 
|> 8. your turn ...
|>

maybe make containers of pointers a bit easier to use:

o allow "standard" comparison functions to be used with
  containers of pointers:

  set<int*,indirect_apply<less<int> > > spi;

  (boy, that sure is synctatic sugar :-)

o also, I have found

  template <class Iterator>
  void delete_range(Iterator first,Iterator last) {

    while (first!=last) {
      delete *first++;
    }
  }

  useful.


Fabrice
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Fabrice Clerc
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