Re: [boost] [ptr_container]boost::ptr_map

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-08 12:44:09

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 17:43:44 +0000 (UTC), Thorsten Ottosen wrote
> > ptr_map<>::insert(key, value) function is taking first argument by non-const 
> > reference. Is it missing 'const' there? 
> 
> No, its an exception-safety issue. if evaluating the first 
> expression could throw, we could leak.

Sorry to be slow, but how does const impact that -- just to prevent automatic
conversion of keys from throwing?  

Jeff