From 723449168911161282 X-Google-Thread: 7894ca11fe,b8f03ff37c64f88c X-Google-Attributes: gid7894ca11fe,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.alt.net!frodo.cs.rpi.edu!not-for-mail From: Ed Smith-Rowland <3dw4rd@verizon.net> Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: No cbegin/cend for std::initializer_list? Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:09:03 CST Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 17 Sender: cppmods@cs.rpi.edu Approved: austern@google.com Message-ID: <05f3c0da-8b37-4137-b5f7-a42dbed6c0cb@j39g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> References: <7.0.0.16.2.20090901101108.063e9c28@aristeia.com> <1b8b2c5d-7f06-46c5-b403-50aad13632cf@o36g2000vbl.googlegroups.com> <0081c572-9bbe-457e-9f54-b97da4ebfae0@v36g2000yqv.googlegroups.com> <2e617b47-bbb5-4768-b1d6-bc786cbb8fae@c37g2000yqi.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: netlab.cs.rpi.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 To: (Usenet) Return-Path: X-Original-Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 04:58:16 -0700 (PDT) X-Submission-Address: std-c++@netlab.cs.rpi.edu Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.std.c++:1340 While it is true that initializer_list is not really a container there is a consistency of access issue. There is something to be said for minimizing surprises especially for novices. I thought the original rationale for cbegin, etc. was to help type deduction with auto. While it certainly is not the best generic programming practice to loop through an initializer list explicitly I would say - "never say never". Ed -- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@netlab.cs.rpi.edu] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.comeaucomputing.com/csc/faq.html ]