Pavol Droba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > Recently I had to deal with iterator_traits. This feature is kind of problematic > on the compilers without partial specialization. Ususally, when iterator_traits > are broken, they are not handling generic pointers as iterators. Most of the STL > libraries have workaroud for such a situation, but it is usualy used only internaly. > > After a lot of thinking, how to solve the problem, I have found the small file > iterator.hpp in boost/detail directory. > > In this file, there is a complete solution for my problem. I was > happy to use it,
I'm very glad you find it useful! > but I'm wondering, why it is not documented, or at least mentioned somewhere? > There are more of such useful headers in boost/detail directory, which are used > by various libraries. Whouldn't it make sense to write a simple doc mentioning > all this utilities, so people don't have to invent a wheel again and > again? Be my guest ;-) The hardest part of writing libraries is certainly documenting them. Speaking for myself, I'm lazy, and only wish to spend the effort to document libraries I want to release to the world. -Dave -- David Abrahams [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.boost-consulting.com Boost support, enhancements, training, and commercial distribution _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost