Re: [Boost-users] FlySwapper crash w/ vector<bool>

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-23 13:37:52

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"Ed Fisher" <efisher_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Using Boost 1_33_1 and Visual Studio 8.  Any and all help appreciated.....
>  
> Working with "The FlySwapper" example in the "C++ Template
> Metaprogramming" book. Pages 22-24.  It crashes when I do this:
>      
>            std::vector<bool>::iterator i1;
>            std::vector<bool>::iterator i2;
>            use_swap( &i1, &i2 )  // crash here 

No such line of code exists in the book.

> All other types I try work fine.  But doing <bool> crashes on this
> line:
>  
>   iter_swap_impl<use_swap>::do_it(*i1,*i2);  // ouch!!!

Sorry, this is an erratum that has since been corrected in more recent
printings:

  http://boost-consulting.com/mplbook/errata.html#id2

HTH,

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com