[boost] Re: lambda and maps

From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-05 10:35:58

On Oct 5, 2003, at 11:06 AM, Maxim Egorushkin wrote:

> Howard Hinnant wrote:
>
>  HH> On Oct 5, 2003, at 10:07 AM, Maxim Egorushkin wrote:
>
> ??>> But I wonder, would it be more simple to define
> ??>>
> ??>> ostream& operator<<(ostream&, const the_map::value_type&);
> ??>>
> ??>> and print a map using
> ??>>
> ??>> copy(m.begin(), m.end(), 
> ostream_iterator<the_map::value_type>(cout,
> ??>> "\n"));
>
> HH> One easy way to do this would be to modify tuple I/O as described 
> in:
>
> HH> http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2002/n1403.pdf
>
> HH> to operate on tuple-like types instead of just tuple types.  Then 
> once
> HH> tuple is standardized (and put in namespace std), then I/O would 
> just
> HH> work for std::pair, and enjoy all the benefits of the tuple I/O
> HH> manipulators.
>
> Can't wait :)

I realized after I wrote this that my English was ambiguous (C++ is 
sooo much easier to work with! :-) ).  The proposal does not have the 
modification I suggest.  I wish it did.

-Howard