In article <3b71c0ef@news.povray.org> , "Scott Hill" <nos### [at] nospamthanks>
wrote:

>     I've seen this done in many places, but have never understood why -
> these operations are properties of the class and therefore, surely, the
> correct place for them to reside is within the class ?

It is strongly suggested by Stroustrup in his books.  He never really
explains why it is so beneficial.  Most of the STL follows it.  I can't
think of many (non-philosophical) reasons that would make a huge difference
(i.e. in speed), but in general such code is much easier to comprehend and
that is enough for me to use it...

    Thorsten

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