Until C++ supports 'concepts' the only way to support construction from
two iterators is to provide a constructor of the form:

        template<class InputIterator>
        List(InputIterator first, InputIterator last);

which for some types conflicts with

        //- Construct with given size and value for all elements
        List(const label, const T&);

e.g. to construct a list of 5 scalars initialized to 0:

    List<scalar> sl(5, 0);

causes a conflict because the initialization type is 'int' rather than
'scalar'.  This conflict may be resolved by specifying the type of the
initialization value:

    List<scalar> sl(5, scalar(0));

The new initializer list contructor provides a convenient and efficient alternative
to using 'IStringStream' to provide an initial list of values:

    List<vector> list4(IStringStream("((0 1 2) (3 4 5) (6 7 8))")());

or

    List<vector> list4
    {
        vector(0, 1, 2),
        vector(3, 4, 5),
        vector(6, 7, 8)
    };