Re: assigning NULL to an iterator
PGP <priyesh_do_not_reply> wrote:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org> wrote in message
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PGP <priyesh_do_not_reply> wrote:
I used to assign NULL to iterators which used to compile and work
with VS2003 but not for 2005.
eg: std::vector<HTREEITEM>::iterator it = NULL ;
This has never been valid C++. If it worked, it only worked by
accident.
I see this constructor in vector distributed with VS2003 (which was
allowing the code above)
iterator(pointer _Ptr):const_iterator(_Ptr)
{//construct with pointer _Ptr
}
What was this supposed to be there for?
No idea. That would be the implementation detail I've mentioned earlier.
Why do you care?
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