A more leightweight approach to define the new types (using size_t & ptrdiff_t from <cstddef> instead of size_type and difference_type from <vector>).
The types are certainly large enough and there was a strong feeling that the should be identical Standard-wise... Would be nice if people with "unusual" compiler would check. It's certainly ok on g++ 2.95 Andre' -- André Pönitz .............................................. [EMAIL PROTECTED]