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Re: STL iterator class

To: Ross Smith <ross dot s at ihug dot co dot nz>
Subject: Re: STL iterator class
From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at lsd dot ic dot unicamp dot br>
Date: 08 Nov 1999 01:04:54 -0200
Cc: Bjoern Ruff <br at forstware dot de>, gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <NCBBIMOGDJGDJPIONLPIKENBCCAA.br@forstware.de> <38262F05.E1C41833@ihug.co.nz>

On Nov  8, 1999, Ross Smith <ross.s@ihug.co.nz> wrote:

>   struct iterator {

> I have no idea why it's defined out when namespaces are disabled
> anyway (does anyone?).

Probably because `iterator' is too common an name in the global
namespace to be ``stolen''.  At least it must have be the case for
whoever came up with this ``work-around''.

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