std::containers within const functions

[roadkillguy]

This is rather frustrating... are std::list's and std::vector's begin() and end() not marked as const? Whenever I try to use them, I get the error:

Terrain.cpp: In member function ‘const Chunk* Terrain::getContainingChunk(float, float, float) const’:
Terrain.cpp:40: error: conversion from ‘std::_List_const_iterator<Chunk*>’ to non-scalar type ‘std::_List_iterator<Chunk*>’ requested

Which is annoying. I cant iterate through a std::list and at the same time call the member function const, even though it's not changing anything by iterating.

There must be a better way to this. What might it be? My function must be const, and it must iterate through a std::list, returning the matching chunk of terrain.

[muteXe]

Can you declare a const iterator and go thru this?

    std::vector<YOUR_CLASS*>::const_iterator i;
    for(i = YOUR_LIST.begin(); i != YOUR_LIST.end(); ++i)
    {      
         i->YOUR_METHOD
    }

?

[roadkillguy]

Would you look at that! Worked like a charm. I didn't know there was a separate const_iterator type.

Thanks!

[muteXe]

No worries dude
I wasn't familiar with it until a nice guy from this forum told me about it.

mute