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Re: "Documentation by paper"



On Jan 27, 2004, at 1:50 PM, Richard Kenner wrote:


/**
* @brief Search a sequence for a matching sub-sequence.
* @param first1 A forward iterator.
* @param last1 A forward iterator.
* @param first2 A forward iterator.
* @param last2 A forward iterator.
* @return The first iterator @c i in the range
* @p [first1,last1-(last2-first2)) such that @c *(i+N) == @p *(first2+N)
* for each @c N in the range @p [0,last2-first2), or @p last1 if no
* such iterator exists.


...

This should simply be:

/* This function searches a sequence for a matching sub-sequence.
FIRST1, LAST1, FIRST2 and LAST2 are allforward iterators.
The first iterator J in the range [FIRST1,LAST1-(LAST2-FIRST2)) such that
*(J+N) == *(FIRST2+N) for each @c N in the range [0,LAST2-FIRST2) is
returned, or LAST1 if no such iterator exists. */

That's a *lot* cleaner and easier to read.

Maybe for you, but i find that incredibly difficult to read and parse compared to the original marked up version, let alone understand.



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