Re: assigning NULL to an iterator

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.stl
Date:
Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:41:12 -0400
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PGP <priyesh_do_not_reply> wrote:

"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eTKjR6R1HHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

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.
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