David Abrahams wrote:
Nit: there are no exceptions for singular iterators. In the case you're describing, the iterator is simply not singular. There's no rule that says a default-constructed iterator must be singular.
Nice. In your last message you wrote:
A default constructed standard container iterator is "singular" <<
So my conclusion is: find_iterator as well as directory_iterator are no iterators on standard containers and therefore there is no requirement to declare them "singular" if they are default constructed. Did I get it right? The problem was that Pavol compared an uninitialized iterator of std::string internally _before_ checking its validity. BTW, I'm on the way to run the complete regressions for Intel 8 + STLPort. David, you didn't apply the patch, did you? Stefan