------- Comment #4 from singler at ira dot uka dot de 2007-10-19 08:39 ------- There are other places in regular stl_algo.h where iterator_traits<It>::value_type is assumed, not only for concept checking, but for actual functionality, e. g.
template<typename _InputIterator, typename _OutputIterator> _OutputIterator __unique_copy(_InputIterator __first, _InputIterator __last, _OutputIterator __result, input_iterator_tag, output_iterator_tag) { // concept requirements -- taken care of in dispatching function typename iterator_traits<_InputIterator>::value_type __value = *__first; *__result = __value; while (++__first != __last) if (!(__value == *__first)) { __value = *__first; *++__result = __value; } return ++__result; } template<typename _RandomAccessIterator> void __rotate(_RandomAccessIterator __first, _RandomAccessIterator __middle, _RandomAccessIterator __last, random_access_iterator_tag) { // concept requirements __glibcxx_function_requires(_Mutable_RandomAccessIteratorConcept< _RandomAccessIterator>) if (__first == __middle || __last == __middle) return; typedef typename iterator_traits<_RandomAccessIterator>::difference_type _Distance; typedef typename iterator_traits<_RandomAccessIterator>::value_type _ValueType; const _Distance __n = __last - __first; const _Distance __k = __middle - __first; const _Distance __l = __n - __k; if (__k == __l) { std::swap_ranges(__first, __middle, __middle); return; } const _Distance __d = std::__gcd(__n, __k); for (_Distance __i = 0; __i < __d; __i++) { _ValueType __tmp = _GLIBCXX_MOVE(*__first); ... template<typename _ForwardIterator, typename _Predicate> _ForwardIterator stable_partition(_ForwardIterator __first, _ForwardIterator __last, _Predicate __pred) { // concept requirements __glibcxx_function_requires(_Mutable_ForwardIteratorConcept< _ForwardIterator>) __glibcxx_function_requires(_UnaryPredicateConcept<_Predicate, typename iterator_traits<_ForwardIterator>::value_type>) __glibcxx_requires_valid_range(__first, __last); if (__first == __last) return __first; else { typedef typename iterator_traits<_ForwardIterator>::value_type _ValueType; typedef typename iterator_traits<_ForwardIterator>::difference_type _DistanceType; _Temporary_buffer<_ForwardIterator, _ValueType> __buf(__first, __last); ... and many more... -- Johannes -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33490