struct wrapper
{
    struct iterator : std::iterator<std::forward_iterator_tag, ObservationReport>
    {
        iterator(ObservationReportList* p, int i) : pnt_(p), i_(i) {}

        ObservationReport& operator*() {
            return (*pnt_)[i_];
        }

        iterator& operator++() {
            ++i_;
            return *this;
        }

        bool operator==(const iterator& r) const {
            return i_ == r.i_;
        }
        bool operator!=(const iterator& r) const {
            return i_ != r.i_;
        }

        ObservationReportList* pnt_;
        int i_;
    };

    wrapper(ObservationReportList & n)
    : begin_( boost::addressof(n), 0 )
    , end_( boost::addressof(n), n.length() )
    {}

    iterator begin() { return begin_; }
    iterator end() { return end_; }

    iterator begin_, end_;
};

// usage

  ObservationReportList reportList;
  // filling reportList
  BOOST_FOREACH(ObservationReport o,  wrapper(reportList))
  {
  }



//gcc error

In file included from /usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:71:0,
                 from test/src/MessageFillerTest.cpp:18:
/usr/include/boost159/boost/mpl/eval_if.hpp: In instantiation of ‘struct boost::mpl::eval_if<mpl_::bool_<true>, boost::range_const_iterator<wrapper, void>, boost::range_mutable_iterator<wrapper, void> >’:
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:359:13:   required from ‘struct boost::foreach_detail_::foreach_iterator<wrapper, mpl_::bool_<true> >’
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:679:1:   required by substitution of ‘template<class T> boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any<typename boost::foreach_detail_::foreach_iterator<T, mpl_::bool_<true> >::type> boost::foreach_detail_::begin(
boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any_t, boost::foreach_detail_::type2type<T, mpl_::bool_<true> >*, bool*) [with T = wrapper]’
test/src/MessageFillerTest.cpp:206:3:   required from here
/usr/include/boost159/boost/mpl/eval_if.hpp:38:31: error: no type named ‘type’ in ‘boost::mpl::eval_if<mpl_::bool_<true>, boost::range_const_iterator<wrapper, void>, boost::range_mutable_iterator<wrapper, void> >::f_ {aka struct boost::ran
ge_const_iterator<wrapper, void>}’
     typedef typename f_::type type;
                               ^
In file included from test/src/MessageFillerTest.cpp:18:0:
test/src/MessageFillerTest.cpp: In member function ‘virtual void MessageFiller_XXX_Test::TestBody()’:
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:1020:39: error: no matching function for call to ‘begin(const boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any_base&, boost::foreach_detail_::type2type<wrapper, mpl_::bool_<true> >*, bool*)’
       , BOOST_FOREACH_SHOULD_COPY(COL))
                                       ^
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:1101:77: note: in expansion of macro ‘BOOST_FOREACH_BEGIN’
     if (boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any_t BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_cur) = BOOST_FOREACH_BEGIN(COL)) {} else     \
                                                                             ^
test/src/MessageFillerTest.cpp:206:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘BOOST_FOREACH’
   BOOST_FOREACH(ObservationReport o,  wrapper(reportList))
   ^
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:660:1: note: candidate: template<class T, class C> boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any<typename boost::foreach_detail_::foreach_iterator<T, C>::type> boost::foreach_detail_::begin(boost::foreach_detail_
::auto_any_t, boost::foreach_detail_::type2type<T, C>*, mpl_::true_*)
 begin(auto_any_t col, type2type<T, C> *, boost::mpl::true_ *) // rvalue
 ^
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:660:1: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:964:46: note:   cannot convert ‘boost::foreach_detail_::should_copy_impl(((mpl_::bool_<false>*)0u), ((mpl_::bool_<false>*)0u), (& _foreach_is_rvalue206))’ (type ‘bool*’) to type ‘mpl_::true_* {aka mp
l_::bool_<true>*}’
     (boost::foreach_detail_::should_copy_impl(                                                  \
                                              ^
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:1020:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘BOOST_FOREACH_SHOULD_COPY’
       , BOOST_FOREACH_SHOULD_COPY(COL))
         ^
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:1101:77: note: in expansion of macro ‘BOOST_FOREACH_BEGIN’
     if (boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any_t BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_cur) = BOOST_FOREACH_BEGIN(COL)) {} else     \
                                                                             ^
test/src/MessageFillerTest.cpp:206:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘BOOST_FOREACH’
   BOOST_FOREACH(ObservationReport o,  wrapper(reportList))
   ^
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:668:1: note: candidate: template<class T, class C> boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any<typename boost::foreach_detail_::foreach_iterator<T, C>::type> boost::foreach_detail_::begin(boost::foreach_detail_
::auto_any_t, boost::foreach_detail_::type2type<T, C>*, mpl_::false_*)
 begin(auto_any_t col, type2type<T, C> *, boost::mpl::false_ *) // lvalue
 ^
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:668:1: note:   template argument deduction/substitution failed:
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:964:46: note:   cannot convert ‘boost::foreach_detail_::should_copy_impl(((mpl_::bool_<false>*)0u), ((mpl_::bool_<false>*)0u), (& _foreach_is_rvalue206))’ (type ‘bool*’) to type ‘mpl_::false_* {aka m
pl_::bool_<false>*}’
     (boost::foreach_detail_::should_copy_impl(                                                  \
                                              ^
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:1020:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘BOOST_FOREACH_SHOULD_COPY’
       , BOOST_FOREACH_SHOULD_COPY(COL))
         ^
/usr/include/boost159/boost/foreach.hpp:1101:77: note: in expansion of macro ‘BOOST_FOREACH_BEGIN’
     if (boost::foreach_detail_::auto_any_t BOOST_FOREACH_ID(_foreach_cur) = BOOST_FOREACH_BEGIN(COL)) {} else     \
                                                                             ^