Testing whether an iterator points to the last item?

Question

I have an stl iterator resulting from a std::find() and wish to test whether it is the last element. One way to write this is as follows:

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Answer 1

Here's another potential solution:

template bool is_last(Iterator it, const Container& cont)
{
    // REQUIREMENTS:
    // the iterator must be a valid iterator for `cont`
    if( it == cont.end() )
        return false;   // or throw if you prefer
    return (++it) == cont.end();
}