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Tamas Demjen · Guest

I'm getting a very weird compiler error with the following sample code
in BCB6:

#include <deque>
typedef std::deque<int> IntList;
void f(IntList::const_iterator it)
{
}

This code should be correct. The error puts me into _deque.h, which is
part of the STL implementation. The error claims a ')' is missing inside
STL, which is not true.

The following compiles fine:
void f()
{
IntList::const_iterator it;
}

and this one too:
void f(deque<int>::const_iterator it)
{
}

It looks like a compiler bug. And here's the workaround:

#include <deque>
typedef std::deque<int> IntList;
namespace BorlandCppWorkaround
{ typedef IntList::const_iterator IntList_const_iterator; }
void f(IntList::const_iterator it)
{
}

I thought it was very odd. What do you think?

Tom