Re: [Boost-users] zip_iterator documentation: probably malformed example

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] zip_iterator documentation: probably malformed example
From: Krzysztof Żelechowski (giecrilj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-05 06:30:34

Dave Abrahams wrote:

> 
> on Sat Sep 03 2011, Krzysztof Żelechowski <giecrilj-AT-stegny.2a.pl>
> wrote:
> 
>> At
>> [http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_47_0/libs/iterator/doc/zip_iterator.html
>> Zip Iterator]:
>>
>>   is:: {{{zip_it->get<0>() = 42.0;}}} (syntax error)
>>   works:: {{{zip_it -> template get <0> () = 42.0;}}}
> 
> Not a bug, IMO.  There's no reason to think we're writing in a template
> here, and I see no reason to complicate the example by making that
> assumption.
> 

GNU C++ treats the sample code as a syntax error.  Template member functions 
should be called preceded with the template keyword.  I do not understand 
what you mean by ''writing in a template''.