Re: [boost] [iterator] Silent-but-deadly bug in iterator_facade category

Subject: Re: [boost] [iterator] Silent-but-deadly bug in iterator_facade category
From: Marc Glisse (marc.glisse_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-07 03:16:20

On Tue, 7 May 2013, Nathan Ridge wrote:

>> In my experience, the easiest way to handle this painful reference
>> requirement is to ignore it and pretend that the standard categories are
>> only about traversal. I've never had anything break because of this.
>
> Is the OP's problem not an example of pretending that the standard
> iterator categories are only about traversal and having something
> break as a result?

As far as I can tell, the OP's problem only appeared when he started using 
boost traversal iterator categories, and things were working fine when he 
had random_access_iterator_tag (violating the reference requirement).

Did I misunderstand his post?

-- 
Marc Glisse