[LLVMdev] SmallPtrSet Iterator Behavior

[Chris Lattner]

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, David Greene wrote:
> What are the rules regarding iterator stability for SmallPtrSet?
> I'm running into a problem where erasing an element seems
> to invalidate iterators that are not pointing at the erased element.

Interesting question.

> Specifically, the set is in small mode, I advance an iterator to the last
> element in the set (not end(), but one before) and then erase the
> second-to-last element.  I understand that the last element will replace

Right, deleting an element will invalidate any iterators past it, just 
like a vector.  I don't know of a good solution to this that doesn't break 
the efficiency properties of smallset.  Do you?

-Chris

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