Re: [Boost-users] [filesystem] iterator VC 10.0

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [filesystem] iterator VC 10.0
From: Commander Pirx (CmdPirx_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-17 17:59:07

>> I tried to compile the following lines with VC 10:
>>
>> void path_adapter::convert( const boost::filesystem::path& p)
>> {
>> typedef boost::filesystem::path::const_iterator const_path_iterator;
>> for (const_path_iterator pos = p.begin(); pos < p.end(); ++pos)
>> {
>> //...
>> }
>> }
>>
>> and got the error: error C2039: 'distance_to': is not an element of
>> 'boost::filesystem::basic_path<String,Traits>::iterator'
>>
>> Seems to be a problem of the new iterator facade implementation. I had
>> no trouble with this method until Boost 1.43.0. Any idea how to fix this?
>
> path iterators are only bidirectional iterators. This has always been
> the case (I checked back to 1.33.1). Try comparing using !=.
>
> In Christ,
> Steven Watanabe

You're right. My fault. The original error was a problem with 
std::for_each() in conjunction with boost::bind. But currently I have no 
simple piece of code to reproduce this error.

Pirx!