[Boost-users] Re: question on using BOOST_FOREACH with non-stl container

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-11 02:09:20

Michael W Daniels wrote:
> In experimenting with the new BOOST_FOREACH header, I'm getting the 
> compile error (MSVC 7.1) below with this code. The documentation for 
> BOOST_FOREACH says:
> 
>> The support for STL containers is very general; anything that looks 
>> like an STL container counts. If it has nested iterator and 
>> const_iterator types and begin() and end() member functions, 
>> BOOST_FOREACH will automatically know how to iterate over it.
> 
> 
> I've checked, and the hashed_array_tree class does have nested iterator 
> and const_iterator types, as well as begin() and end() member functions. 
> (It's originally from www.cphstl.dk, but that site no longer provides 
> the code.)
> 

It's impossible to say, since I don't know how hashed_array_tree is 
defined and I don't have a way to find out. If you could post a minimal, 
complete example that reproduces the problem, I could probably tell you 
what's wrong.

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Eric Niebler
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