Iterate shared_ptr<std::vector<T>>

Question

Let's assume I have the following:

auto vec = std::shared_ptr<std::vector<T>>

And I want to loop through all the vec entities using C++11 Range-Based for Loop.

The following works:

for (auto entity: *vec)

my question is there anyway to do the same without using the * operator?

Answer 1

No. The only sensible way to dereference a pointer is with the dereference operator.