Re: erase a element from map

From:
"Heinz Ozwirk" <hozwirk.SPAM@arcor.de>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.stl
Date:
Wed, 3 May 2006 22:49:14 +0200
Message-ID:
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"ydlu" <yudiannlu@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag =
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Hi:
I had a piece code worked on the VS.net, but not worked on the VS.net
2005!.
 
typedef std::map<CSubject, CObserver, Pred> SubjectContainerType;
typedef SubjectContainerType::const_iterator CIT;
typedef SubjectContainerType::iterator IT;
 
class CContainer : public SubjectContainerType
{
public:
...
bool FindThenRemove(const IDType _mid);
};
 
bool CContainer::FindThenRemove(const IDType _mid)
{
IT it;
bool bRet = false;
for (it = begin(); it != end(); it++)
{
if (it->first.m_MID == _mid)
{
if (!it->first.m_bJustMID)
{
erase(it++); // Debug Assertion: map iterator not
incrementable.
bRet = true;
}
}
}
return bRet;
}
 
The "it" is a incrementable!. Why got the run-time assertion?


When you remove an element from the map you increment it twice -- once =
when you erase the element and once at the top of the loop. When you =
erase the last element in the map, it will be equal to end() after =
erase(it++). Then it will be incremented again before testing for end(). =
So it will be never equal to end(), and you'll have a lot of undefined =
behaviour. Except that bug I can see no other errors in that piece of =
code.

HTH
    Heinz

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