Re: crash while assigning std::list iterators

From:
thomas.grund.1975@gmail.com
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sat, 7 Mar 2015 12:23:31 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
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Am Samstag, 7. M=E4rz 2015 17:59:07 UTC+1 schrieb Barry Schwarz:

On Sat, 7 Mar 2015 04:55:45 -0800 (PST), thomas.grund...
wrote:
 

Hello,

The following code crashes in Visual Studio 2010, but is ok with 2013. I=

t is code which was stripped from a more complex example.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks a lot!
Thomas

#include <list>

int main(int , char *[])

 
Of course your real code has parameter names.


Sure it has ;-)

 

{
  std::list<int> List;
  std::list<int>::iterator I1, I2, I3;

  List.push_back(1);
  I2 = List.begin();
  I1 = I2;
  I1 = I3;

 
The value of I3 is indeterminate. You attempt to evaluate that value
to assign it to I1. Evaluating an indeterminate pointer (iterators
are pointers under the covers) causes undefined behavior. A crash is
one of the most useful manifestations of undefined behavior.
 

}

 
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Ah ok, got it.

Thanks a lot,
Thomas

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