RE: [Dev-C++] STL broken?

[Ioannis V. <no...@ho...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li... 
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> Of Ioannis Vranos
> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 3:24 AM
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] STL broken?
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev...@li... 
> > [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf 
> > Of Alvin Thompson
> > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 12:18 AM
> > To: dev...@li...
> > Subject: [Dev-C++] STL broken?
> > 
> > 
> > hello,
> > 
> > try compiling the following program:
> > 
> > #include <iostream>
> > #include <stdlib.h>
> 
> Or better: #include <cstdlib>
> 
> 
> > #include <map>
> > 
> > int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > {
> 
>     using namespace std;
> 
> 
> >    map<int,void*> m;
> >    map<int,void*>::iterator it;
> >    // <fill map here>
> >    it=m.erase(it);  // erase current item and get next item - 
> > COMPILER 
> > ERROR?
> >    system("PAUSE");      return 0;
> > }
> > 
> > 
> > this program should be perfectly legal, yet it generates a compiler 
> > error? it compiles fine with VC++. am i doing something wrong?
> 
> 
> Yes, you are right it should compile.  Also Borland C++ 5.5 doesn't
> compile it too. The rest of my compilers compile it. I 
> reported it as a
> bug defect in MINGW users list. Probably it is an 
> unimplemented feature.
> 


My mistake. The standard map::erase() functions do not rreturn any
iterator. erase() members that do are system extensions. So there is no
bug.



Ioannis

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