From -9130868434607381683 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,7eaa8faac8da5016 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Valentin Bonnard Subject: Re: Defect Report: member == in container iterators considered harmful Date: 1999/08/19 Message-ID: <37BC0B5B.4AD8@wanadoo.fr>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 514870618 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <7p4nj8$n3u@enews4.newsguy.com> <37B95B96.7F37@wanadoo.fr> <7pcoa8$2kf0@enews2.newsguy.com> <37BABF02.3EBE@wanadoo.fr> <7pf1b2$ls8@enews3.newsguy.com> X-Original-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:49:15 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: izvestia.its.unimelb.edu.au 935102438 19087 128.250.29.17 (19 Aug 1999 22:40:38 GMT) Organization: Ecole normale superieure X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUAN7yHyuEDnX0m9pzZAQGdAAF/aY0N8MNzM3lGRQhHqn8PLtvm/d1i89PI 1PoJVEaiLRIv1yNvfDw8RgQ4hFNF5EO0 =id6G Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Aug 1999 22:40:38 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Darin Adler wrote: > I meant to propose a non-member function, which can be a friend if > necessary. As I understand it, the friend function above *is* a non-member > function. Not really. It isn't a member, it isn't a normal global function, it's something completely magical, a friend. > Can't a non-member function be a friend function? Of course it can. I just wanted to point out that: - you did something (you changed your library code) - you wrote some other thing in the DR, which makes your DR proposed solution incorrect -- Valentin Bonnard --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]