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[Bruno Chareyre <bruno.chareyre@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> In fact iterator should not only jump null bodies, but also remove
> them from container.
>
> By doing that, it would break the rule b=bodies[b.id], then it would need
a redirection that is painful to maintain.



> It is the correct way, because even by C++ ISO specification an
> iterator must never be empty. This is obviously our definition of
> "empty": a deleted body.
>

Again, our iterators are never empty since they always contain a pointer.
The pointer can be null, I don't think it breaks c++ iso, but it is not
convenient.

Bruno