Re: Using std::equal with an empty set.
Vladimir Grigoriev wrote:
Ulrich, It is not so obvious thing as you think. It is obvious for you
because your have much expirience with algorithms. However if to approch
literally to the Standard description questions arise.
So you don't have a good foundation of experience but already are wise
enough to detect yet another "foolishness of the C++ Standard"? Sorry, but
that attitude sucks.
Suggestion: Take a look at "Design and Evolution of C++" by Stroustrup
(IIRC), which not only documents how things are (as the standard does) but
also why and how they developed. Then, get familiar with the STL-derived
part of C++, I would even suggest reading the STL documentation instead,
which is a bit more verbose than the standard. Then, when you have an
overview, we can start arguing about whether a definition is good or bad.
Anyway, I'm out of here.
Uli
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