On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Kerry, Richard <richard.kerry@atos.net> wrote:

I read that as a comment about a hypothetical perfect compiler.

One that completely complied with The Standard, and had perfect optimization.


Such a compiler would nevertheless be allowed to fiddle with the iterator and be compliant.
While providing an iterator that could not be compared to itself (not releiably).
 
Yes - that's what I intended.