Re: Bug in vector.hpp

Kevin Atkinson <[email protected]> Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:08:45 -0600 (MDT)

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.aspell.devel
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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Peter Kümmel wrote:

> Kevin Atkinson wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Peter Kümmel 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.

Ok thanks for the info.  I will apply the patch for aspell 0.60.5.

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