[webkit-dev] about WTF::HashMap::iterator

[Darin Adler]

On Apr 8, 2009, at 9:02 PM, ZHOU Xiao-bo wrote:

>       WTF::Hashmap::iterator uses WTF::HashTable::iterator as its  
> m_impl.
> When you call 'remove( oldIter )', the current 'iter' may be  
> changed. And
> it's not about memory reallocation or element shift,

That’s incorrect. It is about memory reallocation and element shift.  
In the remove function HashTable is the following code:

     if (shouldShrink())
         shrink();

The shrink function can change the size of the hash table and thus  
rehash everything and change the order of all the elements in it.

>     So, how can I delete an element of a HashMap when I traversing the
> container?

You can’t.

     -- Darin