Re: [boost] [range/iterator] operator[] forwarding

From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-12 04:48:56

David Abrahams wrote:
> Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> 
>>Shunsuke Sogame wrote:
>>
>>>Hi gurus, under RC_1_34,
>>>
>>>    #include <boost/range.hpp>
>>>    #include <boost/iterator/counting_iterator.hpp>
>>>
>>>    int main()
>>>    {
>>>        boost::make_iterator_range(
>>>            boost::make_counting_iterator(0),
>>>            boost::make_counting_iterator(5)
>>>        )[2];
>>>    }
>>>
>>>
>>>VC++7.1 and GCC3.4 says a warning something like
>>>"returning address of local variable or temporary".

>>We could add operator() which would return operator[]()'s result by value.
>>
>>Is anybody opposed to that?
> 
> 
> Probably.  What is the point of doing that?

It would fix our users problem, so he can use () to do what he want.

-Thorsten