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The dangerous pointer to vector
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#include <iostream> | |
#include <vector> | |
int main() | |
{ | |
std::vector<int> intVector; | |
intVector.push_back(1); | |
// We get the pointer to the first element from our vector. | |
int* pointerToInt = &intVector[0]; | |
std::cout << "The value of our int is: " << *pointerToInt << std::endl; | |
// Add two more elements to trigger vector resize. During | |
// resize the internal array is deleted causing our pointer | |
// to point to an invalid location. | |
intVector.push_back(2); | |
intVector.push_back(3); | |
std::cout << "The value of our int is: " << *pointerToInt << std::endl; | |
return 0; | |
} |
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