Re: [gtk-list] Re: Gtk--: G_List quirks

[Some Guy <guy mikepery pr mcs net>]

On 2 Aug 1998, Tero Pulkkinen wrote:

> > Side note : don't do that. Use iterators :
> > 
> > 	list = container->children();
> > 	for(iter = list->begin(); iter != list->end(); ++iter) { ... }
> 
> I would prefer if people used the iterator approach... Its much
> better... Though it should be improved to allow also modifying the
> list through it. (maybe removing next(), prev() and those would be ok?
>:) (though some of those other wrapped functions are useful for people
> who dont want to depend on STL's algorithms...)

Ewwww no, I hate iterators :). I don't really understand the point of
them; they just use fancy operators to traverse through lists. What's the
difference between doing
    lptr = lptr->next;
and
    ++liter;
? Of course I'm probably missing some advantage to them, but even so, they
are just a fancy way of saying 'I spent a lot of time coding my linked
list', when the same thing could be accomplished without them.

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