>From: "Glenn G. Chappell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Vladimir Prus wrote: > > after having to output std::vector to stream again and again using > > custom > > solution, I started to wonder why we don't have a solution in boost. > > Does it makes sense to include operators<< for vectors, sets, etc? > ... > > std::cout << "new path is " << v << "\n"; > > The philosophy behind the STL would suggest accessing containers > through their iterators. Something like > > std::cout << "new path is " > << Foo(v.begin(), v.end()) > << "\n"; > > would not be too bad (and it would be even better if it were called > something besides "Foo"). This would be very general, while > remaining quite readble, I think. > > Delimiters could be set using optional parameters, among other > methods. > > std::cout << "new path is " > << Foo(v.begin(), v.end(), "[", ",", "]") > << "\n";
You then still have the issue of what to do with the element types. For example: std::vector<std::pair<char,int> > v; std::cout << Foo(v.begin(),v.end(),"[",",","]") << '\n'; How to print each element, and what if you want different delimiters for the elements? Regards, Terje _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
