What is wrong with reference into std::map?

From:
"Jim Langston" <tazmaster@rocketmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sun, 14 May 2006 11:24:44 -0700
Message-ID:
<TBK9g.30$gb4.20@fe04.lga>
Expected output of program:
Key is: 0 String is: Hello
Key is: 1 String is: Goodbye
Key is: 2 String is: The end

Actual output:
Key is: 0 String is: The End
Key is: 1 String is:
Key is: 2 String is:

What am I doing wrong?

If I declare my reference fresh each time, such as putting { } around the
places I insert and doing
std::string& MyString = (*it).second;
each time it will come out right.

Why can't I reuse the references?

It took a long time to find out what was causing this in my program. This
is just a test program showing the issue.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <map>

std::map<unsigned int, std::string> MyMap;

int main ()
{
    unsigned int ID = 0;
    std::map< unsigned int, std::string>::iterator it = MyMap.insert(
MyMap.end(), std::make_pair< unsigned int, std::string >( ID,
std::string() ) );
    std::string& MyString = (*it).second;
    MyString = "Hello";

    ID = 1;
    it = MyMap.insert( MyMap.end(), std::make_pair< unsigned int,
std::string >( ID, std::string() ) );
    std::string& MyString2 = (*it).second;
    MyString = "Goodbye";

    ID = 2;
    it = MyMap.insert( MyMap.end(), std::make_pair< unsigned int,
std::string >( ID, std::string() ) );
    MyString = (*it).second;
    MyString = "The End";

    for ( std::map< unsigned int, std::string >::iterator i = MyMap.begin();
i != MyMap.end(); ++i )
    {
        std::cout << "Key is: " << (*i).first << " String is: " <<
(*i).second << std::endl;
    }

    std::string wait;
    std::cin >> wait;
}

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