3986. basic_const_iterator doesn't work with optional

Section: 24.5.3 [const.iterators] Status: New Submitter: Hewill Kang Opened: 2023-08-26 Last modified: 2023-10-30

Priority: 3

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Discussion:

The heterogeneous comparison operators of basic_const_iterator only constrain type I to be comparable with the underlying iterator type, which allows non-iterator types such as optional, and the heterogeneous comparison operators of the latter would make the situation worse (demo):

#include <iterator>
#include <optional>
  
int main() {
  std::basic_const_iterator<const int*> it;
  std::optional opt{it};
  auto c = opt < it; // infinite meta-recursion
  auto d = it - opt; // infinite meta-recursion
}

[2023-10-30; Reflector poll]

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