Thread: Dereferencing Class Pointer List

I don't want you to add the type and compile it. I want you to do it in your head or on paper or in a scratch text file to understand what is happening.

Also, it would help to know which line the problem is exactly. We'll try this line:

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while( *it != mynewList->GetList()->end())

mynewList->GetList() returns a medList * and calling end() on that will return a list<_medContainer>::iterator (ignore const for the moment). So the expressions is:

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*it != list<_medContainer>::iterator

Now, it is a medList::iterator * and so changing out medList for list<_medContainer> you get:

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*(list<_medContainer>::iterator *) != list<_medContainer>::iterator

You're dereferencing a pointer, so the list<_medContainer>::iterator * becomes just a list<_medContainer>::iterator giving you:

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list<_medContainer>::iterator != list<_medContainer>::iterator

You're comparing two objects of type list<_medContainer>::iterator, so you're fine. That line is probably not the problem. If you understand what I just did, do it for the Results->push_back(&(**it)); code and see what type you are sending to push_back.