Re: [boost] [ptr_map] iterator changes, feedback welcome

From: Felipe Magno de Almeida (felipe.m.almeida_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-20 23:16:09

On 2/20/06, Bill Buklis <boostuser_at_[hidden]> wrote:

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> The only point of #1 is so that the iterators behave exactly like std::map
> iterators, right? One the one hand, that would be nice for consistency with
> std::map, but then this is a different class with slightly different uses,
> so I personally don't mind if it has slightly different characteristics. And
> the usefulness of operator-> as T* outweighs the need for identical
> behavior, IMO.

I had some issues with using std::ptr_map in generic algorithms because of this.
I think that the inner typedef's of std::ptr_map, wrt iterator concept
modelling, must be carefully choosed too. That can break a lot of
generic code to not work on ptr_map or other ptr_containers.

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Felipe Magno de Almeida