Re: [Boost-users] [Range] Strange!

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Range] Strange!
From: Krzysztof Czainski (1czajnik_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-08-28 17:35:40

2014-08-28 23:29 GMT+02:00 Robert Jones <robertgbjones_at_[hidden]>:

> On 28 August 2014 22:22, Neil Groves <neil_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>>
>> The counting_range instance is a unnamed temporary,,,,
>>
>
> So the earlier lines are flawed too, just working by chance?
>

Yes, combinations of counting_range with reversed. But not because
counting_range is a temporary.

I think the problem is counting_iterator returns a reference to an int it
owns. Iterators shouldn't do that.

Iterators should either:
- return a reference to something they don't own, or
- return by value.

Regards,
Kris