Re: Cyclic dependency?

From:
"kanze" <kanze@gabi-soft.fr>
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Date:
2 Aug 2006 08:21:47 -0400
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Louis Lavery wrote:

The following compiles under g++ 3.2 and vc7, but should it
compile on all platforms?

/* test.cpp */

#include <list>

struct Vertex;
struct Edge;

typedef std::list<Vertex>::iterator Vit;
typedef std::list<Edge>::iterator Eit;


Formally, you have undefined behavior here. The type expression
std::list<>::iterator requires the instantiation of the template
std::list, and the standard says that instantiating a template
from the standard with an incomplete type is undefined behavior.

G++ 4.1.0 complains, at least with the options I usually use for
debug builds (-D_GLIBCXX_CONCEPT_CHECKS, for example).

Why do you want to use iterators here? For internal pointers in
graphs, I've yet to see any acceptable replacement for raw
pointers.

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