Subject: Re: [boost] [type_traits] Interest in is_iterator type trait?
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-08-20 08:33:22
Mathias Gaunard wrote:
> AFAIK an iterator T doesn't have to provide an iterator_category typedef,
> only std::iterator_traits<T> does.
That's true. However, pre-C++14, iterator_traits<It>::iterator_category
causes a hard error (not SFINAE) when It is not an iterator. In C++14, the
default iterator_traits<It> is empty when It doesn't have the nested types.
So
is_iterator<It, tag> :- is_convertible<X::iterator_category, tag> where X is
iterator_traits<It> in C++14, It otherwise
is the best we can do.