From 7ac2ddff077a50db4eb6e4cbe5de773bece13196 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arnaud Becheler <8360330+Becheler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 08:29:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix wrong return type in accessor

---
 include/boost/graph/detail/sparse_ordering.hpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/boost/graph/detail/sparse_ordering.hpp b/include/boost/graph/detail/sparse_ordering.hpp
index b7bf470db..7d99f46fc 100644
--- a/include/boost/graph/detail/sparse_ordering.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/graph/detail/sparse_ordering.hpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace sparse
 
         inline size_type size() const { return base::size(); }
 
-        inline size_type eccentricity() const { return eccen; }
+        inline int eccentricity() const { return eccen; }
         inline value_type spouse() const { return w; }
 
     protected: