Victor Bazarov
9/3/2008 8:03:00 PM
Peng Yu wrote:
> On Sep 3, 2:49 pm, Victor Bazarov <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:
>> Peng Yu wrote:
>>> On Sep 3, 2:40 pm, Leandro Melo <ltcm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 3 set, 16:33, Peng Yu <PengYu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I'm wondering if there is a min function (in boost, maybe?) that
>>>>> accepts any number of arguments? std::min only accepts two arguments.
>>>>> If I want to get the minimum number out of many, I have use std::min
>>>>> many times, which is not convenient.
>>>> Hi.
>>>> Maybe, you could iterate through the elements with a for (or something
>>>> similar) keeping track of the smallest element. This is pretty simple.
>>> Hi,
>>> The numbers are at compile time not at runtime time. It has to some
>>> how use the template to implement such a function.
>> How many numbers are we talking about? You can roll your own 'min_of'
>> implementation using recursive template definitions in no time, can't you?
>>
>> template<class T> T min_of(T t1, T t2) {
>> return std::min(t1, t2);}
>>
>> template<class T> T
>> min_of(T t1, T t2, T t3) {
>> return std::min(min_of(t1, t2), t3);}
>>
>> template<class T> T
>> min_of(T t1, T t2, T t3, T t4) {
>> return std::min(min_of(t1, t2, t3), t4);}
>>
>> template<class T> T
>> min_of(T t1, T t2, T t3, T t4, T t5) {
>> return std::min(min_of(t1, t2, t3, t4), t5);}
>>
>> ... and so on
>
> Hi Victor,
>
> I can define my own version of min_of. But I feel that the min
> function that accepts any number of arguments is a reasonable
> extension to std::min, and boost in many ways extends the original C++
> library. I think that it is worthwhile to add such function in boost
> if it is not there. At this point, since the issue is with boost,
> maybe I should post the message at boost mailing list.
I don't believe it to be an issue *with* Boost. It's something _you_
need (or, rather, *want*). It's something "nice to have", not a "must
have". Post to Boost forum, but all means. Just don't mention that it
is "an issue". Just friendly advice...
V
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