Re: [boost] Re: Re: [hash] Built in arrays

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-12 05:02:03

Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:005901c53e6f$4a180fb0$6501a8c0_at_pdimov2...
>> Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
>>> as a related issue, an array is a range, so why define hash_value
>>> for it?
>>
>> So that you can call hash_combine with an array member, something
>> like
>
> what if the member is any other range?

It should still work, unless the other type (nothing to do with range-ness) 
does not have a hash_value overload.

> I'm saying the decision to overload hash_value for arrays seems a bit
> arbitrary.

We overload hash_value for every standard container. Array support doesn't 
seem very arbitrary.

You seem a bit obsessed with ranges. ;-)