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Posted to dev@stdcxx.apache.org by Travis Vitek <Tr...@roguewave.com> on 2008/02/28 21:03:46 UTC
RE: [jira] Issue Comment Edited: (STDCXX-689) [LWG #280] std::reverse_iterator missing template assignment operator
>Travis Vitek wrote:
>
>vitek edited comment on STDCXX-689 at 2/26/08 6:58 PM:
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>
>It seems that changing this would introduce a source incompatibility.
>
>{noformat}
> int a [10] = {0};
>
> std::reverse_iterator< int*> rvi (&a [0]);
> std::reverse_iterator<const int*> crvi (&a [0]);
>
> // this is std::operator== (const std::reverse_iterator<int*>&,
> // const std::reverse_iterator<const int*>&)
> rvi == crvi; // also for !=, <, <=, >, >= and -
> crvi == rvi;
>{noformat}
>
>The above code would compile with new versions of the library,
>but not with older versions of the library. Is this change
>suitable for 4.2.1? It seems that it should not be.
>
>As an aside, I'm with John Potter on wg issues 179 and 280...
>??I think the issue is in support of bad code. Compares should
>be between two iterators of the same type.??
>
>
Does anyone have some feedback on this issue. Even just a Yay or Nay for
fixing for 4.2.1 it would be nice.
Travis
>
>> [LWG #280] std::reverse_iterator missing template assignment operator
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Key: STDCXX-689
>> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-689
>> Project: C++ Standard Library
>> Issue Type: Bug
>> Components: 24. Iterators
>> Affects Versions: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.2.0
>> Reporter: Martin Sebor
>> Priority: Trivial
>> Fix For: 4.2.1
>>
>> Original Estimate: 2h
>> Remaining Estimate: 2h
>>
>> LWG Issue 280 added a template assignment operator to
>reverse_iterator:
>> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/lwg-defects.html#280
>> It doesn't look like we ever added the function.
>> I'm having trouble coming up with a test case that would
>reveal its absence so this is just a placeholder to remind us
>to look into this in more detail to make sure the function
>really is needed (if not, there's no need to complicate the
>interface of the template).
>
Re: [jira] Issue Comment Edited: (STDCXX-689) [LWG #280] std::reverse_iterator missing template assignment operator
Posted by Farid Zaripov <Fa...@epam.com>.
From: Travis Vitek [mailto:Travis.Vitek@roguewave.com]
To: dev@stdcxx.apache.org
Subject: RE: [jira] Issue Comment Edited: (STDCXX-689) [LWG #280] std::reverse_iterator missing template assignment operator
> Does anyone have some feedback on this issue. Even just a Yay or Nay for
> fixing for 4.2.1 it would be nice.
I agree that the fixing of this issue will break the forward source compatibility, and that this issue should be fixed in 4.3 release.
Farid.