Re: Bug in vector.hpp

Peter Kümmel <[email protected]> Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:58:21 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.aspell.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Kevin Atkinson wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Peter KÃ¼mmel wrote:
> 
>> std::vector::end() returns an iterator that
>> points just beyond the end of the vector.
>>
>> So &*thin->end() is no valid code, because
>> it is a out of bound access.
>>
>> std::vector::back() returns a reference to
>> the last element and a pointer to the last
>> element is: &back().
> 
> Did this cause a problem for you?

Yes, the app crashes.

> I wonder what implementation of vector where
>   &*this->end() != &back()+1

The STL of msvc is very pedantic in the debug mode.
It checks before every dereferencing.

Peter