Re: [Boost-Users] Permutation Iterator Adaptor Problem

From: Toon Knapen (toon.knapen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-20 06:16:08

Jeff Flinn - wwnet wrote:

>>pdimov>
>>pdimov> A possible cause of this problem is that vector iterators are
>>
> plain pointers
> 
>>pdimov> in MSVC 6, and iterator_traits doesn't handle pointers on this
>>
> compiler (no
> 
>>pdimov> partial specialization.)
>>
>>That sounds right, in which case, the workaround is to avoid using the
>>template parameter defaults of iterator_adaptor. This can be done by
>>replacing the use of projection_iterator_generator and
>>make_permutation_iterator() with a direct use of iterator_adaptor and
>>permutation_iterator_policies and explicitly fill in all the parameters of
>>iterator_adaptor.
>>
> 
> Thanks, I'll look into directly using iterator adaptor. You might note the
> issue with MSVC vector in the documentation for permutation_iterator.
Good idea,

Jeremy shall I add a 'portability' note in the iterator_adaptor 
documentation ?
(otherwise, I will at least do it in the permutation_iterator doc)