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[Philipp Moeller <>]

jmt 
<>
 writes:

> I have a polygon for which I define a circulator :
>
> Polygon::Edge_const_circulator circulator;
>
> When using this circulator to loop over the polygon, the following code 
> wont't 
> compile :
> std::cout << "Edge, from " << circulator->source()  ... 
>
> while this code will :
> std::cout << "Edge, from " << (*circulator).source() ...
>
> Is there anything special in circulators that prevents the use 
> of the -> operator ?
>
> gcc version 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-4)
> CGAL_VERSION 4.0.2

That is a glitch. The necessary operators are missing. Shouldn't be too
hard to fix yourself, if it is urgent. I'll try to get it patched for
the next release.