diff --git a/indirect_iterator.htm b/indirect_iterator.htm index 1b42cd0..f6f0169 100644 --- a/indirect_iterator.htm +++ b/indirect_iterator.htm @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ reference indirect_iterator::operator*() const { 
 namespace boost {
   template <class BaseIterator,
-            class Value, class Reference, class Pointer>
+            class Value, class Reference, class Pointer, class Category>
   struct indirect_iterator_generator;
   
   template <class BaseIterator,
       class Value, class Pointer, class Reference, 
-            class ConstPointer, class ConstReference>
+            class ConstPointer, class ConstReference, class Category>b
   struct indirect_iterator_pair_generator;
 
   template <class BaseIterator>
@@ -127,10 +127,9 @@ int main(int, char*[])
         BaseIterator 
 
         The iterator type being wrapped. The value_type
-        of the base iterator should itself be dereferenceable. 
-        Also, if the default Value template
-	parameter is used, the value_type must provide
-        a specialization of iterator_traits.
+        of the base iterator should itself be dereferenceable.  
+        The return type of the operator* for the
+        value_type should match the Reference type.
 
       
         Value 
@@ -138,7 +137,10 @@ int main(int, char*[])
         The value_type of the resulting iterator, unless const. If
         Value is const X, a conforming compiler makes the
         value_type non-const X[1].

+        "iterator_adaptors.htm#1">[1]. Note that if the default
+         is used for Value, then there must be a valid specialization
+         of iterator_traits for the value type of the base iterator.
+         

          Default: std::iterator_traits<

            std::iterator_traits<BaseIterator>::value_type
         >::value_type[2] 
@@ -156,17 +158,24 @@ int main(int, char*[])
         The pointer type of the resulting iterator, and in
         particular, the result type of operator->().

          Default: Value* 
+
+      
+        Category 
+        The iterator_category type for the resulting iterator.

+         Default:
+        std::iterator_traits<BaseIterator>::iterator_category 
+
     
 
     
Concept Model

     The indirect iterator will model whichever standard iterator concept
-    category is modeled by the base iterator. Thus, if the base iterator is
-    a model of Random Access
-    Iterator then so is the resulting indirect iterator. If the base
-    iterator models a more restrictive concept, the resulting indirect iterator
-    will model the same concept. 
+    "http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/Iterators.html">standard iterator
+    concept category is modeled by the base iterator. Thus, if the
+    base iterator is a model of Random
+    Access Iterator then so is the resulting indirect iterator. If
+    the base iterator models a more restrictive concept, the resulting
+    indirect iterator will model the same concept [3].
 
     
Members

     The indirect iterator type implements the member functions and operators
@@ -256,14 +265,20 @@ b,c,d,e,f,g,h,
 
         The iterator type being wrapped. The value_type of the
         base iterator should itself be dereferenceable.
-        Also, if the default Value template
-	parameter is used, the value_type must provide
-        a specialization of iterator_traits.
+        The return type of the operator* for the
+        value_type should match the Reference type.
 
       
         Value 
 
-        The value_type of the resulting iterators

+        The value_type of the resulting iterators.
+         If Value is const X, a conforming compiler makes the
+         value_type non-const X[1]. Note that if the default
+         is used for Value, then there must be a valid
+         specialization of iterator_traits for the value type
+         of the base iterator.

+
          Default: std::iterator_traits<

            std::iterator_traits<BaseIterator>::value_type
         >::value_type[2] 
@@ -296,17 +311,26 @@ b,c,d,e,f,g,h,
         The pointer type of the resulting const_iterator,
         and in particular, the result type of its operator->().

          Default: const Value* 
+
+      
+        Category 
+        The iterator_category type for the resulting iterator.

+         Default:
+        std::iterator_traits<BaseIterator>::iterator_category 
     
 
     
Concept Model

+
     The indirect iterators will model whichever standard iterator concept
-    category is modeled by the base iterator. Thus, if the base iterator is
-    a model of Random Access
-    Iterator then so are the resulting indirect iterators. If the base
-    iterator models a more restrictive concept, the resulting indirect
-    iterators will model the same concept. 
+    "http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/Iterators.html">standard iterator
+    concept category is modeled by the base iterator. Thus, if the
+    base iterator is a model of Random
+    Access Iterator then so are the resulting indirect
+    iterators. If the base iterator models a more restrictive concept,
+    the resulting indirect iterators will model the same concept [3].
+
 
     
Members

     The resulting iterator and const_iterator types implement
@@ -379,6 +403,22 @@ a,b,c,d,e,f,g,
     Value and will need to specify this type explicitly.
     

 
+    
[3]There is a caveat to which concept the
+    indirect iterator can model.  If the return type of the
+    operator* for the base iterator's value type is not a
+    true reference, then strickly speaking, the indirect iterator can
+    not be a model of Forward
+    Iterator or any of the concepts that refine it. In this case
+    the Category for the indirect iterator should be
+    specified as std::input_iterator_tag. However, even in
+    this case, if the base iterator is a random access iterator, the
+    resulting indirect iterator will still satisfy most of the
+    requirements for Random
+    Access Iterator.
+    
+
     
Revised 
     10
     Feb 2001