Re: [boost] [Container] const boost::container::vector is mutable??

Subject: Re: [boost] [Container] const boost::container::vector is mutable??
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-31 03:21:21

El 31/03/2015 a las 0:46, Eric Niebler escribió:
> On 3/30/2015 1:49 PM, Ion Gaztañaga wrote:
>> El 30/03/2015 a las 19:05, Eric Niebler escribió:
>>> Why are the elements of a const boost::vector mutable through
>>> its const_iterator?
>>
>> It's a bug. The following line in class vec_iterator (vector.hpp):
>>
>> typedef typename boost::intrusive::pointer_traits<Pointer>
>> ptr_traits;
>>
>> should be pointer_traits<pointer> ("pointer" in lowercase).
>
> Thanks. That's a bad one. I see static_vector has the same problem
> since it inherits its iterators from vector.

Yes. This shows it wasn't properly tested, as I could easily test each 
container::[const_]iterator public typedef.

> I see someone else noticed this bug 6 days ago:
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11139

Thanks

Ion