On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:44:43 +0100, Robert Schadek wrote:

> I'm searching the docs for something similar to:
> copy(someInputRange, firstOutputRange, secondOutputRange, ....);
> I know how to write it by hand, but I'm suspecting that something like
> this is already in phobos.
> 
> And secondly, is there some function that gives me a forward range to some input range?

Curiously, copy doesn't implement multiple output ranges.  I don't think there's any reason it couldn't.  I think an enhancement request is in order.

Turning an InputRange into a ForwardRange implies buffering, std.array.array is a general solution.

On 01/27/2014 07:59 PM, Justin Whear wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:44:43 +0100, Robert Schadek wrote:
>
>> I'm searching the docs for something similar to:
>> copy(someInputRange, firstOutputRange, secondOutputRange, ....);
>> I know how to write it by hand, but I'm suspecting that something like
>> this is already in phobos.
>>
>> And secondly, is there some function that gives me a forward range to some input range?
> Curiously, copy doesn't implement multiple output ranges.  I don't think there's any reason it couldn't.  I think an enhancement request is in order.
thats what I thought
>
> Turning an InputRange into a ForwardRange implies buffering, std.array.array is a general solution.