Re: typename iterator_traits::pointer

From:
red floyd <no.spam@here.dude>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:03:51 -0800
Message-ID:
<057mj.5310$Rg1.2878@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com>
red floyd wrote:

Ioannis Vranos wrote:

Bo Persson wrote:

Sure there is:

    p = vec.begin().operator->();

A more natural way to write it, without the artificial requirment
of using operator->, would be:

    p = &*vec.begin();

which is the usual technique for getting the address of an element,
given an iterator.


And what is the use/need of Iter.operator->()?


Nothing much for vector<int>, but might be useful for accessing the
members of vector<some_struct>.


May you provide a working example?


Sure.

#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <ostream>

int main()
{
    typedef std::vector< std::pair<int, int> > pairvec;
    pairvec v;

    for (int = 0; i < 10; ++i)

TYPO!!! should be int i = 0;

        v.push_back(std::make_pair(i, 2*i));

    for (pairvec::iterator it = v.begin();
         it != v.end();
         ++it)
    {
          std::cout << it->first << "," << it->second << "\n";
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

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