No operator-> for iterators in STL

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Author: Gerald Loeffler
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 17:26

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Hi!

Why is it that for a (dereferencable) iterator i in STL you can do:

	(*i).method();

but you can't do:

	i->method();

????

	Yours,
	Gerald
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