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Asked: 2026-06-07T10:56:36+00:00

This page states that string::iterator and string::const_iterator are compiler specific iterator types. Does this

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This page states that string::iterator and string::const_iterator are “compiler specific iterator types.” Does this mean that that string::iterator made be in a category other than random_access_iterator?

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  1. Editorial Team

    ISO C++03, 21.3-2 states:

    (…)Additionally, because the iterators supported by basic_string are
    random access iterators(…)

    So yes, those are necessarily random access iterators.

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