Re: [aspell-devel] Bug in vector.hpp

[Kevin Atkinson]

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.