Re: Using list.splice unable to dereference iterator
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 06:04:15 -0800, Finn M?ller Hansen
<FinnMllerHansen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Why can't I dereference the iterator - any good ideees. It worked in 2003
version.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <list>
using namespace std;
class A
{
int m_Member1;
};
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
list<A*> l1;
list<A*> l2;
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i ++)
{
A * pA = new A();
l1.insert(l1.end(), pA);
}
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i ++)
{
A * pA = new A();
l2.insert(l2.end(), pA);
}
list<A*>::iterator it1 = l1.begin();
list<A*>::iterator it2 = l2.begin();
it1 ++;
it2 ++;
// This is OK
A * pX = *it2;
l1.splice(it1, l2, it2);
// This next statement gives the result "list iterator not dereferencable"
in VS 2008 (worked in previous versions)
A * pY = *it2;
return 0;
}
Splicing invalidates iterators and references to the spliced element, so
it2 is invalidated, and your code is wrong. The iterator it1 remains valid,
though.
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