[boost] Re: errors building boost on MSVC71 - directory_iteratormissing"advance" and "decrement" ?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-17 14:55:22

"Reece Dunn" <msclrhd_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>>
>>   1. stop exporting it; make everything inline (you can dispatch to
>>      exported implementation functions).
>
> How would this work? Surely you would still have the same problem, or
> am I missing something?

You're missing something; what more can I say? inline functions can
call functions in a DLL.

>>   2. provide dummy advance and decrement functions
>
> This would prevent the compiler throwing errors when trying to apply
> non-InputIterator operations on directory_iterator.

That's why I said I prefer #1

>>I'm sure there are a few others, but those are the ones that are
>>obvious to me.  I prefer #1 because it prevents misuse from compiling.
>
> Regards,
> Reece H Dunn
>
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