From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9867 invoked by alias); 2 Dec 2002 13:31:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-prs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-prs-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 9844 invoked by uid 61); 2 Dec 2002 13:31:06 -0000 Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 05:31:00 -0000 Message-ID: <20021202133106.9843.qmail@sources.redhat.com> To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, johnb@stl.sarov.ru, nobody@gcc.gnu.org, paolo@gcc.gnu.org From: paolo@gcc.gnu.org Reply-To: paolo@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, johnb@stl.sarov.ru, nobody@gcc.gnu.org, paolo@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: libstdc++/8780: std::vector iterators not recognized as pointers by templates in certain cases X-SW-Source: 2002-12/txt/msg00059.txt.bz2 List-Id: Synopsis: std::vector iterators not recognized as pointers by templates in certain cases Responsible-Changed-From-To: unassigned->paolo Responsible-Changed-By: paolo Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Dec 2 05:31:05 2002 Responsible-Changed-Why: Analyzed (with Gaby) State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback State-Changed-By: paolo State-Changed-When: Mon Dec 2 05:31:05 2002 State-Changed-Why: This seems just a QoI issue. The wording of 24.1,(1,2) do *not* imply that an iterator *is* a pointer (it says that iterators are abstractions of pointers, that they support *i, and so on, this is different). Indeed, in some implementations (e.g., v2 bundled with 2.95.x) they are just pointers but this doesn't mean that the current implementation is non conforming. Do you agree? Thanks, Paolo. http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&pr=8780