converting iterator to reverse_iterator

converting iterator to reverse_iterator

[Philip]

Why does the following conversion work:

vector<int> v;
vector<int>::reverse_iterator i (v.begin ());

While the following gives an error:

vector<int>::reverse_iterator i = v.begin ();

error: conversion from '__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*,
std::vector<int, std::allocator<int> > >' to non-scalar type
'std::reverse_iterator<__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*,
std::vector<int, std::allocator<int> > > >' requested

From what I can see by looking at the C++ standard's description of
copy initialization, the copy constructor should be tried at some
point. (And no, I'm not actually interested in converting v.begin()
but rather an existing iterator).

Thanks.

Re: converting iterator to reverse_iterator

[Eljay Love-Jensen]

Hi Philip,

The constructor is explicit.

So the first works, since it is explicit.

But the constructor-by-assignment operator doesn't work, since explicit
constructor won't participate in the eliding.

HTH,
--Eljay