Re: iterator error

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Fri, 6 Apr 2007 07:59:56 -0400
Message-ID:
<ev5cnt$nke$1@news.datemas.de>
James Kanze wrote:

On Apr 6, 3:02 am, "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:

?????????? wrote:

windows xp, visual studio 2005
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#include <iostream>
#include <map>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
map<int, int>::iterator it = 0;
if( it != 0 ) //break point,
this is an run time error?
cout<<"ok!";
}
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why it can be assign "0", but can't compare with "0"?


The iterator type in 'map' is implementation-defined. What
it means to initialise it with (int)0 is implementation-defined.
Why operator != (int)0 doesn't work is (you guessed it!)
implementation-defined.


It's not even implementation-defined, it's undefined.


Is it explicitly undefined (as in dereferencing a null pointer)?
All I can see in the standard is that 'iterator' type in 'std::map'
is implementation-defined. Is it not conceivable that the type
might actually define comparison with 0?

V
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