Re: [boost] [alogrithm] compile error with VS2008 in debug build (boost 1.38)

Subject: Re: [boost] [alogrithm] compile error with VS2008 in debug build (boost 1.38)
From: Daniel Hulme (st_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-18 08:43:19

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:52:38PM +0100, Hansi wrote:
> Is something wrong in my program?

Yes:

> typedef array<int,100000000> dataarray;
>
> void do_tests(dataarray& data)
> {
>   {
>     timer t;
> 	std::pair< std::vector<int>::iterator, std::vector<int>::iterator >  
> result = boost::minmax_element(data.begin(), data.end());

This line should be
std::pair< dataarray::iterator, dataarray::iterator >
    result = boost::minmax_element(data.begin(), data.end());

minmax_element might be clever, but it can't magically turn
boost::array's iterators into std::vector's iterators.

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