Re: [boost] [Boost.Pool] TR1?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost.Pool] TR1?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-12 11:15:56

AMDG

On 04/12/2011 08:04 AM, Dave Abrahams wrote:
> On Apr 12, 2011, at 3:54 AM, Phil Bouchard<philippe_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>
>> On 4/11/2011 11:19 PM, Nevin Liber wrote:
>>>
>>> But it may be undefined behavior to pass that pointer to is_from.
>>
>> That's right but I am not sure about the complexity in making its behavior
>> non-undefined even if the complexity is not constant.  Because otherwise
>> is_from() would be quite useless
>
>
> I think you are severely missing the point: it is not implementable, no
> matter the cost in complexity, without causing undefined behavior. You're
> just not allowed to compare arbitrary pointers with<, and the total
> ordering produce by std::less isn't guaranteed to be meaningful.
>

Sure it's implementable.  You just have
to compare it for /equality/ with every
address inside the pool.  You should be
able to enumerate them.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe