Re: Problem with pointers and iterators

[Sam]

Griff Johns writes:

>
MyObjectList::i terator it;
for (it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); ++it) {
// I used to be able to do this:
MyObject* p_obj = it;
Foo(p_obj);
>
// Or this
Foo(it);
>
}
>
But now the error I get is 'cannot convert parameter 1 from
'std::vector<_T y>::iterator' to 'MyObject *'
>
This is after migrating a project from vc6.0 to vc7.1, but I think that
the issue lies with the language standards(?).

Correct.

So why does this happen
now,

Because an iterator is not a pointer. An iterator is an object of its own.

and how do I resolve it?

In most cases, the easiest thing to do would be "MyObject *p= &*it;".



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