On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Robert Story <rst...@freesnmp.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:20:35 +0200 Magnus wrote:
> MF> > NEWS: snmplib: add remove function to container iterator; implement
> it for
> MF> > binary_array
> MF>
> MF> You choose to let iterator::remove move to the previous entry. I assume
> MF> this means you are ruling out the possibility of a single-linked list?
>
> Well, I'm open for debate on the issue. My goal is to be able to remove an
> item while iterating and keep the simple case simple. Using pseudocode:
>
> entry = itr_first;
> for( ; entry; ++itr) {
> // ...
> if (condition) {
> itr_remove;
> continue;
> }
> // ...
> }
>
If "++itr" accesses the memory itr points at, the above pseudocode will
trigger an access to already freed memory (freed by itr_remove).
> I suppose another option is for remove to set a flag, and have ++itr not
> actually advance if an item was removed... That should work for singly
> linked
> lists to... Thoughts?
>
Is the above approach in your opinion really simpler than what I proposed ?
Bart.
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