Set ops in std.algorithm

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 03/10/2010 05:47 PM, bearophile wrote:
> This post is mostly for Andrei, but I don't think private emails are
> good for this. I suggest to move the set-related functions of
> std.algorithm to a different module, because:
>
> 1) They are tied to a specific representation of sets (sorted unique
> InputRanges), so if I have a BitSet, HashSet, ApproximateBloomSet,
> etc, they don't work (they can work with a SearchTreeSet).
>
> 2) I think there are too many names/functions in std.algorithm, and
> their purpose is a bit too much mixed (and currently algorithm.d
> module is 173 kB).
>
> I don't know what can be a good name for such new module,
> sorted_input_range_set is (I think) descriptive, but a bit too much
> long :-)
>
> Bye, bearophile

That's a good idea, particularly in wake of the fact that std.algorithm 
has grown quite large.

Andrei