Re: [boost] [Boost Review] Property Tree Library accepted

From: Martin Adrian (adrianm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-22 10:07:05

> - Add a 'name()/full_name()' method to the interface; the name() method 
> would return the current tree 'leaf' name and the full_name() returns the 
> complete path from the root.
> - Add 'parent()' method.
> - Add support for relative paths; e.g. ptree::get("../sibling/arg")

I think you have misunderstood the implementatation of the ptree. There are 
no "upward" links in the structure so there is no way for a node to know its 
parent or root.

Personally I think it would be a good idea to let each node carry parent 
and/or root information. That way you could store tree-wide information (e.g. 
separator, locale, source) in the root.

Only downside I can think of is O(N) swap instead of O(1).