https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/11497 <p> I needed to get the first and last element in an array. Recently the STL got the free form std::begin and std::end which is good, but wouldn't it be an idea to have std::front (or boost::front) and std::back (boost::back) as well? </p> <p> See also <a class="ext-link" href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14880172/missing-stdfront-and-stdback"><span class="icon">​</span>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14880172/missing-stdfront-and-stdback</a> </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/11497 Trac 1.4.3