Is it possible to use Boost ptr_containers with Boost zip iterators? I switched from std::map to boost::ptr_map in my application and received numerous complaints from the Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2008 compiler. As a small test I compiled \trunk\libs\iterator\test\zip_iterator_test.cpp from Boost SVN which worked fine. Then I added the necessary ptr_container include file, disabled a lot of extra tests and changed the definition of the two vectors from std::vector<double> vect1(3); to boost::ptr_vector<double> vect1(3); and std::vector<double> vect2(3); to boost::ptr_vector<double> vect2(3); Here is the error reported: c:\boost svn\trunk\boost\tuple\detail\tuple_basic.hpp(373) : error C2664: 'std::_Vector_const_iterator<_Ty,_Alloc>::_Vector_const_iterator(const std::_Vector_const_iterator<_Ty,_Alloc> &)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const boost::void_ptr_iterator<VoidIter,T>' to 'const std::_Vector_const_iterator<_Ty,_Alloc> &' with [ _Ty=double, _Alloc=std::allocator<double> ] and [ VoidIter=std::_Vector_iterator<void *,std::allocator<void *>>, T=double ] and [ _Ty=double, _Alloc=std::allocator<double> ] Reason: cannot convert from 'const boost::void_ptr_iterator<VoidIter,T>' to 'const std::_Vector_const_iterator<_Ty,_Alloc>' with [ VoidIter=std::_Vector_iterator<void *,std::allocator<void *>>, T=double ] and [ _Ty=double, _Alloc=std::allocator<double> ] No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called c:\boost svn\trunk\boost\tuple\detail\tuple_basic.hpp(626) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::tuples::cons<HT,TT>::cons<T0,boost::tuples::cons<T0,boost::tuples::detail::map_tuple_to_cons<boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type>::type>>(const boost::tuples::cons<T0,boost::tuples::cons<T0,boost::tuples::detail::map_tuple_to_cons<boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type>::type>> &)' being compiled with [HT=std::_Vector_const_iterator<double,std::allocator<double>>,TT=boost::tuples::cons<std::_Vector_const_iterator<double,std::allocator<double>>,boost::tuples::detail::map_tuple_to_cons<boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type>::type>, T0=boost::void_ptr_iterator<std::_Vector_iterator<void *,std::allocator<void *>>,double> ] c:\documents and settings\chuck\my documents\visual studio 2005\projects\zip ptr container test\zip_ptr_container_test.cpp(267) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::tuples::tuple<T0,T1>::tuple<boost::void_ptr_iterator<VoidIter,T>,boost::tuples::cons<HT,TT>>(const boost::tuples::cons<HT,boost::tuples::cons<HT,TT>> &)' being compiled with [ T0=std::_Vector_const_iterator<double,std::allocator<double>>, T1=std::_Vector_const_iterator<double,std::allocator<double>>, VoidIter=std::_Vector_iterator<void *,std::allocator<void *>>, T=double, HT=boost::void_ptr_iterator<std::_Vector_iterator<void *,std::allocator<void *>>,double>, TT=boost::tuples::detail::map_tuple_to_cons<boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type,boost::tuples::null_type>::type ] The line 267 (line 295 in the original version) referred to is: boost::zip_iterator< boost::tuples::tuple< std::vector<double>::const_iterator, std::vector<double>::const_iterator >
zip_it_begin( boost::make_tuple( vect1.begin(), vect2.begin() ) );
Is it the void pointer in the ptr_vector which causes the problem? Can this marriage be saved? -- Chuck