Re: [boost] Please don't define a fake "operator <" just for ordered containers

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-22 08:28:56

Daryle Walker <darylew_at_[hidden]> writes:

> would have to contort their expressions to avoid ">", "<=", and
> ">=".)  If there are no uses beside this shortcut, then the ordering
> operator should be removed since the class's model doesn't need it.

An ordering property is extremely useful outside of set/map, and it
becomes part of the class' model.  If you remove ordering, you change
the model.

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Dave Abrahams
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