Re: Adding optional<T&> find like method to associative containers in boost.

From: Vinnie Falco (vinnie.falco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-12-16 17:24:28

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 2:36 AM Ivan Matek via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> I presume somebody thought of this before but for some reason it never
> happened, but just in case it was never discussed I wonder if people here
> believe adding an nicer version of find(with different name obviously) to
> associative containers in boost would be beneficial?
>

Can this be implemented as a free function over the public API of unordered
containers? In other words, this signature:

    template< typename UnorderedMap, typename Key >
    auto try_find( UnorderedMap&& u, Key const& k );

Thanks