Re: [boost] Re: [filesystem + iterator] directory iterator problem

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-08 06:38:14

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> >>>>> Does it mean I can go and enable proxy in directory_iterator?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Well sure, I think that was always legal.
>> >>
>> >> I guess I was wrong to say that it was always legal.  But it was
>> >> never our intention to outlaw it.
>> >
>> > Great.
>>
>> Looks like you never did this?
>
> No. I've sent a patch to Beman, but he did not comment. Do you have an idea if 
> he's available?

He's not; he's recovering (successfully) from an illness.  I expect
him back in a month or so.

>> I'm going to try to fix iterator_facade to handle these cases.
>
> Great.

We have a bit of a problem since an input iterator can never be an
output iterator due to the requirement that *r++ returns T.

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Dave Abrahams
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