"Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto@cs.auc.dk> writes:
news:uvf8sqwwb.fsf@boost-consulting.com... | "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto@cs.auc.dk> writes: | | > | Useful for implementing view-like containers. | > | Get my point? | > | > probably, I think you're suggesting the same as David, that is to | > be able to say ptr_vector< some_type::iterator >, right? | | indirect_vector< some_type::iterator > | | > That is going to be really hard. | | Oh, pshaw.
Let me first say that nobody really had this wish during the review, so it hasn't really been a design goal. Is it easy to imagine situations where this is useful?
Yes. And I have previously worked on indirect containers that allow it because it is useful. Search the Boost archives if you want to see the history. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com