Re: [boost] [Range] upgrade in cvs

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-19 11:43:34

Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>> 
>>>David Abrahams wrote:
>>>
>>>>Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>
>>>>>- mutable iterators must be defined as a specialization of 
>>>>>boost::range_mutable_iterator
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What do you mean?  Surely not _all_ mutable iterators.  I assume the
>>>>library doesn't magically make char* an invalid mutable iterator?
>>>
>>>Now the library does not treat char* as a Range anymore. 
>> 
>> 
>> I know that, but I don't see the relevance.  AFAICT your statement was
>> not about what qualifies as a Range but about mutable iterators.
>
> right, range_iterator is now range_mutable_iterator and 
> range_result_iterator is now range_iterator.

I know that, but I don't see the relevance.  AFAICT your statement was
not about how to ask for a Range's iterator types but about
about mutable iterators being specializations of some particular class
template.

I still don't understand what that statement meant.

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