Re: [boost] Iterator adaptors return a value from operator[]?

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-15 11:00:42

At Thursday 2002/08/15 07:02, you wrote:
>http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/iterator_adaptors.htm#4

isn't this going to cause some unexpected/surprising behavior when someone 
tries:

a[n] = someT;

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> > Why? (Yes I know that a[n] is convertible to T, but it's also equivalent
>to
> > *(a + n), which is T&; a[n] not being T& is a defect IMO.)
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