title: STL - Use member functions or functions in <algorithm>?
body: <p>I thought of this problem due to some of the answers I got to the following problem suggesting that I could use <code>vector&lt;T&gt;::assign</code> or <code>copy</code> with a <code>back_insert_iterator</code>
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4144822/stdcopy-and-stdvector-problem">here.</a> My problem is, what are the drawbacks and advantages of using one method over another? </p>