How to erase elements from boost::ptr_vector

Question

So I\'m trying to get rid of my std::vector\'s by using boost::ptr_vector. Now I\'m trying to remove an element from one, and have the removed element deleted as well. The m

Answer 1

Curious thing: STL::vector<> is a Random Access Container, meaning that it uses Random Access Iterators.

So vec.erase(vec.begin()+N) will remove the element at index N.

Note that doing so breaks the whole iterator meme and you can no longer trivially switch between vectors and lists...