Re: [boost] [bimap][multi_index][range] sub_range vs std::pair<iter, iter>

From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-24 16:48:08

shunsuke skrev:
> Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
>>> I meant
>>>
>>> is_convertible<
>>>    *AnyType*,             // From
>>>    iterator_range<char *> // To
>>>
>>> returns "true".
>> I'm not sure why is_convertible<> behaves like that, I dont recall 
>> having done any thing to support that explicitly.
>>
>> Anyway, what is the problem? AFAICT, it happens for all class with a 
>> non-explicit templated constructor.
> 
> I sometimes expect the correct convertibility for enable_if_convertible.
> Well, what surprised me is that msvc fails to compile
>    value_type x = iter[c]; // 'iter[c]' returns a proxy which is convertible to value_type.
> if value_type has such a constructor.
> 

You lost me again. There is far too little context to understand it 
properly.

-Thorsten