Re: [boost] ptr_container compilation problem

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-26 13:03:18

Thorsten Ottosen <nesotto_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Toon Knapen <toon.knapen <at> fft.be> writes:
>
>> 
>> The vacpp compiler warns me that on line 40 of void_ptr_iterator.hpp:
>> 
>> <quote>
>> 'iterator_category' cannot be declared because its name has already been 
>> used'
>> </quote>
>> 
>> because of following statement
>> 
>> typedef typename iterator_category<T>::type iterator_category ;
>> 
>> and this sounds reasonable to me.
>
> does it? I don't have time to look up in the standard, but I don't think many 
> other compilers have any problems with it. If you were to use 
> iterator_category<T>::type again, then I could understand the problem.

The only context in which that's illegal is in the same scope that the
iterator_category class template was declared.

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Dave Abrahams
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