On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM Jan Schultke <janschultke_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> "A possible issue is that this operation is extremely specialized towards
> iteration." comment, I don't see that as a problem, but that's just
> my opinion.
>
>
> The issue is mainly that it's adding a very weird member function that
> only exists because we don't have a proper bit iterator/range/view for
> std::bitset yet. The moment something better gets added, this function
> would be obsolete.
>
> The other options are more justifiable because counting zeros, possibly at
> a start index, is a general purpose operation. Once you bunch an increment
> and extra checks into it, the design is no longer easy to justify.
>

Right, now I see what you mean, that makes sense indeed. Are you aware of
any proposals to add any such iterator/range/view for set bits? I feel like
this use-case is different enough from more common iterator use-cases that
it might be hard to make it feel like a good fit in the standard.

Cheers,
Anders