Date
2007-02-26.00:00:00
Message id
3322

Content

According to the description given in [re.results]/2 the class template match_results "shall satisfy the requirements of a Sequence, [..], except that only operations defined for const-qualified Sequences are supported". Comparing the provided operations from [re.results]/3 with the sequence/container tables 80 and 81 one recognizes the following missing operations:

1) The members

const_iterator rbegin() const;
const_iterator rend() const;

should exists because 23.1/10 demands these for containers (all sequences are containers) which support bidirectional iterators. Aren't these supported by match_result? This is not explicitely expressed, but it's somewhat implied by two arguments:

(a) Several typedefs delegate to iterator_traits<BidirectionalIterator>.

(b) The existence of const_reference operator[](size_type n) const implies even random-access iteration. I also suggest, that match_result should explicitly mention, which minimum iterator category is supported and if this does not include random-access the existence of operator[] is somewhat questionable.

2) The new "convenience" members

const_iterator cbegin() const;
const_iterator cend() const;
const_iterator crbegin() const;
const_iterator crend() const;

should be added according to tables 80/81.