STL - list<type>::pop_front()

Our beloved prescribed book reckons that this function removes the last element/node from the given list. The question in assignment 1 (i think Q42???) also has this definition as the only possible correct answer - However, documentation (MSDN) on the standard template library list class, quite rightly defines this function as removing the first element/node in a list.
I've tried and tested this by implemeting the pop_front() function and it does remove the first element.
Am I missing something here? Can Malik (book) and the assignment both be wrong, or have I missed the plot completely.

I also spotted this the other day. I have not checked but I would think that you must be right, pop_front() must refer to the first not last element of list. Can one of the lecturers confirm this please, so that their students are not potentially lead astray but an error in the text book?

Finally some feedback. I had all but given up on this.

Hi

Yes pop_front() does remove the first element of the list. There is an error in the text book. Although there was a question on this in assignment 1, the STL list is not part of the syllabus and will not be tested on in the exam.

regards
Lazarus Aron

Thank you for the confirmation.

Yes, Thank you.