Using std::begin(collection) vs collection.begin() in C++

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Watching Stephan T. Lavavej: Core C++ #1, and noticed that he is using begin(collection) and not collection.begin().

What are the advantages ?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8452130/when-to-use-stdbegin-and-stdend-instead-of-container-specific-versions or http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/570638/Ten-Cplusplus11-Features-Every-Cplusplus-Developer may be relevant.. — Brandon, Nov 18 '13 at 00:11

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '13 at 00:03

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The first advantage that springs to mind is that std::begin(collection) works with plain old arrays.

answered Nov 18 '13 at 00:03

johnsyweb

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