Can you remove elements from a std::list while iterating through it?

Question

I\'ve got code that looks like this:

for (std::list::iterator i=items.begin();i!=items.end();i++)
{
    bool isActive = (*i)->update();
    /         


        

Answer 1

Here's an example using a for loop that iterates the list and increments or revalidates the iterator in the event of an item being removed during traversal of the list.

for(auto i = items.begin(); i != items.end();)
{
    if(bool isActive = (*i)->update())
    {
        other_code_involving(*i);
        ++i;

    }
    else
    {
        i = items.erase(i);

    }

}

items.remove_if(CheckItemNotActive);