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[SVN r206]
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Jeremy Siek
2002-06-04 16:11:57 +00:00
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@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@ namespace boost {
struct error_iterator_tag { };
// When creating new iterators, you have three options.
// 1) The recommended option is to specialize the return_category
// and traversal_category for your iterator. However, if your
// iterator is a templates, this will cause a problem on compilers
// that do not have partial specialization.
// 2) The second option is to put two nested typedefs in your
// iterator, return_category and traversal_category, and derive your
// iterator from new_iterator_base.
// 3) The third option is the create your iterator in the old STL
// style and let the backward compatibility parts of this header
// handle the rest.
// BTW, if you choose one of the first two options, you can still
// implement all the old-style iterator typedefs, they will not get
// in the way of the new categories.
// Inherit from iterator_base if your iterator defines its own
// return_category and traversal_category. Otherwise, the "old style"
// iterator category will be mapped to the return_category and