[C++-sig] container construction

[Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve]

--- David Abrahams <david.abrahams at rcn.com> wrote:
> as you can in Python. So, I guess we need
> 
>     make_list(3, 5, 7) -> [3, 5, 7]
> 
> and
> 
>     make_tuple('x', 2) -> ('x', 2)
> 
> Other interfaces are possible, though:
> 
>     tuple(items = 'x', 2)
>     list(items = 3, 5, 7)

make_list, make_tuple looks best to my twisted mind.

>     dict(1, "one").add(2, "two")   // chaining
>     dict(1, "one"), dict(2, "two") // overloaded comma operator
>     dict(1, 'one', 2, 'two')       // even arities only

I'd go with .add(). dict(1, 'one', 2, 'two') is clear, but you might also have
dict(3, 16, 7, 13, 13, 14, 19, 12, 15, 1). dict(3, 16).add(7, 13).add(13,
14).add(19, 12).add(15, 1) is a bit more to type but the expression is more
obvious.

Ralf



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