From 0d750ae55440d0233ddf441a015c0179532f658c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marshall Clow Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:25:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix broken link to Alexandrescu paper; Refs #7551 [SVN r81821] --- minmax/index.html | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/minmax/index.html b/minmax/index.html index af81021..72a5116 100644 --- a/minmax/index.html +++ b/minmax/index.html @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ separation into two header files.

std::max.

I am aware of the problems with std::min and std::max, and all the debate that has been going on (please consult -Alexandrescu's paper and the links therein). But I don't see the purpose of this +Alexandrescu's paper and the links therein). But I don't see the purpose of this library as fixing something that is part of the C++ standard. I humbly think it's beyond the scope of this library. Rather, I am following the way of the standard in simply providing one more function @@ -485,7 +485,12 @@ to keep it like this.

Acknowledgements

-My students in CS903 (Polytechnic Univ., http://photon.poly.edu/~hbr/cs903/) + + +Generic: Min and Max Redivivus, by Andrei Alexandrescu +Dr. Dobbs, April 2001 + +

My students in CS903 (Polytechnic Univ., http://photon.poly.edu/~hbr/cs903/) who had minmax_element as an assignment helped clarify the issues, and also come up with the optimum number of comparisons for first_min_last_max_element. The identification of the issue surrounding max_element is solely @@ -516,7 +521,7 @@ Comparable, nth_element .

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