Erase/Remove contents from the map (or any other STL container) while iterating it

Question

Allegedly you cannot just erase/remove an element in a container while iterating as iterator becomes invalid. What are the (safe) ways to remove the elements that meet a cer

Answer 1

I prefer version with while:

typedef std::list list_t;
void f( void ) {
  // Remove items from list
  list_t::iterator it = sample_list.begin();
  while ( it != sample_list.end() ) {
    if ( it->condition == true ) {
      it = sample_list.erase( it );
    } else ++it;    
  }
}

With while there is no danger to increment it twice as it could be in for loop.