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On Mon, 19 May 2003 10:01:10 -0400, Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote:
> Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen wrote:
>> A small typo, and the loop will probably not do what you want.
> 
> I imagine that this is true of every programming language
> ever invented.
> 
>> What stops someone from modifying i inside the loop?
> 
> Nothing.
> 
>> Also, begin() and end() only applies to STL type containers, not to
>> plain arrays.
> 
> Godd C++ programmers don't use plain arrays. Remember, C++ isn't
> Ada, where arrays are convenient to use :-) And if you insist,
> 
>      template <typename T, size_t N>
>      T *begin(T (&array)[N]) { return array; }
>      template <typename T, size_t N>
>      T *end(T (&array)[N]) { return array + N; }
>      template <typename T, size_t N>
>      char (&sizer(T (&)[N]))[N];

> Now if you have an array A, begin(A) and end(A) will give you
> pointers to the beginning and end suitable for use as STL
> iterators. 

This looks like some deep-guru C++ programming.  I see
templates instantiated by two parameters, T and N. 

How does "begin(A)" instantiate it with two parameters
instead of one?