how to detect if a type is an iterator or const_iterator

Question

I\'m wondering, if there is a way to check at compile time whether a type T of some iterator type is a const_iterator, or not. Is there some difference in the types that ite

Answer 1

With C++11, the new standard header provides std::is_const, so Nawaz's solution can be simplified:

template
struct is_const_iterator
{
    typedef typename std::iterator_traits::pointer pointer; 
    static const bool value = 
        std::is_const::type>::value;
};