[C++-sig] Re: vector_indexing_suite and slicing

[Joel de Guzman]

Raoul Gough wrote:

> Joel de Guzman <joel at boost-consulting.com> writes:
> 
>>>To close the loop, the attached patch will fix the bugs I noted in
>>>[3]
>>>while following the guidance provided by the Python folks.  Unless there
>>>are any objections, I'll commit this to HEAD and the RC_1_31_0 branch
>>>tonight.

[snip]

>>No objections here. I wonder though about the status of Raoul's
>>new indexing suite. I was under the impression that his work will
>>supersede the current indexing suite. Raoul?
> 
> 
> I'm pretty sure I mentioned my work in the same thread back in
> January, and that the slice behaviour of the new indexing suite was
> already Python compliant.
> 
> I haven't had time recently to get the documentation in order, but I
> intend to get that done before the ACCU conference in mid-April. Once
> the docco is ready, we could probably consider merging indexing_v2
> onto the mainline, but I guess there's no harm in patching the
> original indexing suite in the meantime.

I agree. I look forward to the new indexing suite. I still owe
you a thorough review ;-)

Cheers,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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