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From: Daniel Frey (daniel.frey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-17 03:08:02
"Victor A. Wagner, Jr." wrote:
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> At Wednesday 2002/05/15 08:45, you wrote:
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> > return !cont.empty() && ++cont.begin() == cont.end();
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> As Scott Meyers points out in his "Effective STL", ++cont.begin() MAY NOT
> compile, depending on the implementation. That's a _serious_ drawback,
> IMO. Slow (for stupid compilers) beats not compiling any day.
I have to read this book. :-( If this is true, you are absolutely right
to use 'boost::next()'. But why doesn't it work? The only thing I could
think of is, that 'begin()' returns a 'const iterator&' or something
like that. Is this allowed? Or is there any other reason?
Regards, Daniel
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