Re: std::vector help!!
It is ok if the following lines are used;
delete (*itr);
*itr = NULL;
Yong Hu
Howard wrote:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net> wrote in message
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vikram_p_nayak@yahoo.com wrote:
linux_bp wrote:
I have an stl vector array which stores the pointers to objects.
To delete the array i am using:
std::vector<*foo> bar;
...
for (vector<*foo>::iterator itr = bar.begin(); itr != bar.end(); )
{
delete itr;
itr = NULL;
}
Shouldnt this be
delete (*itr);
?
I guess you are deleting the objects being referred to by the vector
elements. Maybe I am wrong.
It's really hard to conclude anything (although you're probably right)
since the code presented is not real code. For example, 'vector<*foo>'
is a definite syntax error.
Not to mention the fact that such a loop would loop forever, since itr is
set to NULL on the first iteration, is never changed by the loop statement,
and would thus never equal bar.end().
-Howard
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