Re: Indirect Iterator Adaptor, std::set and MSVC 6.5

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-08 08:02:26

Joaquín Mª López Muñoz <joaquin_at_[hidden]> writes:

> The following produces an internal compiler crash in MSVC 6.5
>
> #include <set>
> #include <boost/iterator_adaptors.hpp>
>
> int main()
> {
>   typedef std::set<int *>                      type0;
>   typedef boost::indirect_iterator_generator<
>     type0::iterator,const int>::type           type1;
>
>   type0 s;
>   type1 it(s.begin());
>
>   return 0;
> }
>
> This happens for std::set only, using say std::vector instead works
> fine.
> Is some workaround known? TIA

All I can suggest is that you try the new iterator adaptors library in
the sandbox.  It's much better behaved w.r.t. broken compiler bugs.

-Dave

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