[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9679: documentation about bidirectional iterator

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9679: documentation about bidirectional iterator
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-18 13:34:57

#9679: documentation about bidirectional iterator
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 Reporter:  Stefaan Verstraeten                  |      Owner:  matias
  <stefaan.verstraeten@…>                        |     Status:  new
     Type:  Bugs                                 |  Component:
Milestone:  To Be Determined                     |  Documentation
  Version:  Boost 1.54.0                         |   Severity:  Cosmetic
 Keywords:                                       |
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 http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/doc/html/BidirectionalIterator.html

 states:

 Precondition of predecrement: "i is incrementable (not off-the-end) and
 some dereferenceable iterator j exists such that i == ++j"

 This can be interpreted that end() iterator can not be decremented, which
 according to other sources you can do.

 http://stackoverflow.com/a/5322234/104774 references "ISO/IEC 14882:2003
 C++ Standard 23.1.1/12 – Sequences"

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