Re: [boost] [repost][multiarray] Bug with boost::detail::multi_array::array_iterator on MSVC 2010RC?

Subject: Re: [boost] [repost][multiarray] Bug with boost::detail::multi_array::array_iterator on MSVC 2010RC?
From: Christopher Lux (christopherlux_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-27 03:40:41

> Thomas Klimpel wrote:
>> But of course, you want to know whether this is a bug in
>> boost::multi_array or a bug in MSVC 2010beta2. Before we come to that,
>> another "workaround" would be to change multi_array/iterator.hpp:56 for
>>         , boost::random_access_traversal_tag
>> to
>>         , std::random_access_iterator_tag
>>
>> This will most probably work, but would lying to the standard library,
>> because the reference reference type of the corresponding iterator is
>> not value_type& (but a proxy):
>>
>> http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2006/11/23565.php
>
>
> Of course, it would be best to fix it in Boost.Iterator, but this might be tricky as there seems to be some reason why the authors of Boost.Iterator initially (2003...) gave up on this problem.

Thanks for the Workaround.
I do not have a complete overview of the problem, but i am afraid that
it will hinder the use of VS2010 in many cases. I hope there will be
some kind of proper workaround or fix to it.

Regards
-chris