Repost: [boost] Problems using iterator_adaptor with istreambuf_iterator

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmutkaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-24 11:27:45

The following message seems to be written at an 'untime', because nobody
responded, especially nobody of the maintainers. Nevertheless IMHO this
question is worth thinking about to find a resolution.

> Hi all,
> 
> I have a problem while using the iterator_adaptor templates 
> in conjunction with a istreambuf_iterator<char> (an 
> input_iterator type). The problem shows up, because the 
> istreambuf_iterator<char>::operator*()
> implementation of the STL I'm using returns a value_type 
> (char), but the dereference policy member expects to return 
> it a reference.
> 
> It seems, that there should be a similar return type deduction for the
> iterator_adaptor<>::operator*() function as already 
> implemented for the
> iterator_adaptor<>::operator->() function.

Regards Hartmut