Re: [boost] Re: boost::optional feature request.

From: Douglas Paul Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-24 22:48:30

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Edward Diener wrote:

> Do you really want the key to an associative container to be an optional
> value ? I would be hard-pressed to find a use for that.

FWIW, the Signals library actually does this internally (although with
boost::any objects instead of boost::optional objects). However, I would
contend that the need is too specialized to warrant adding an operator<.

        Doug