Re: weird list.begin() error

[Karthik Kumar]

tlann@technoeclectic.com wrote:
> I don't quite understand why this doesn't work.  I tried on another os
> and compiler and it worked.  It might be because the other compiler
> isn't as ANSI compliant but I'm not sure.
>
> Can someone tell me why begin() from a list outside of where the list is
> nornally called is an error?  
>
> Error
> ++++++++++++
> /home/tharper/Code/listtest/src/main.cpp:38: error: request for member `
> begin' in `p', which is of non-aggregate type `std::list<std::string,
> std::allocator<std::string> >*'
>
> =====================main.cpp
> #include <iostream>
> #include <cstdlib>
> #include <string>
> #include <list>
> #include "playlist.h"
>
> using namespace std;
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
>         PlayList pL;
>         list<string> *p=pL.getList();
> 	list<string>::iterator liter=p.begin();           

   p->begin();

   How could this have worked with any other compiler ?
I fail to understand .

>         return EXIT_SUCCESS;
> }
> ==============
> #ifndef PLAYLIST_H
> #define PLAYLIST_H
> #include <string>
> #include <list>
> using namespace std;
>
> /**
> @author tharper
> */
> class PlayList{
> public:
>     PlayList(){l.push_back("String 1");       l.push_back("String
> 2");l.push_back("String 3");}
>
>     ~PlayList(){;}
>     list<string>* getList() {return &l;}
> protected:
>         list<string> l;
> };
>
> #endif


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