https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86015
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2018-05-31 Component|c++ |libstdc++ Ever confirmed|0 |1 Severity|normal |enhancement --- Comment #3 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I think all those _Distance types comes from iterator_traits<Iter>::difference_type, and by my reading of the standard an iterator's difference type is required to be a signed integer type. But it seems harmless to make the suggested change, it won't affect any valid code.