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: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-18 10:41:41

Hansi wrote:
> Daniel Hulme schrieb:
> 
>>> 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.
>>
> 
> really good point..thanks..it seems that the release compilation 
> optimize this error away...strange...

Because in release vector's iterators are raw pointers, which by 
coincidence is the same as array::iterator.