From: pete@versatilecoding.com   
      
   On 2012-07-29 07:56:57 +0000, Dave Abrahams said:   
      
   > on Sun Jul 22 2012, Kaba  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Hi,   
   >>   
   >> A small but annoying piece of STL is that the push_back and push_front   
   >> member functions of std::list (say) do not return an iterator to the   
   >> created element. This results in having to do something like   
   >>   
   >> auto iter = list.end();   
   >> --iter;   
   >>   
   >> This is bad; it does not compose, it is redundant, and opens up a door   
   >> for possibly getting it wrong.   
   >>   
   >> Why was the iterator-return left off from C++03?   
   >>   
   >> Why was the iterator-return left off from C++11?   
   >   
   > It doesn't solve the whole problem, but I can save you one step:   
   > http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_50_0/libs/utility/utility.htm#   
   unctions_next_prior   
   >   
      
   Or, in C++11, std::next() and std::prev().   
      
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