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

From: Christian Mazakas (christian.mazakas_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-12-19 16:18:58

On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 7:52 AM Vinnie Falco <vinnie.falco_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>     try_find( users, user_id ).map(
>         [](auto& user)
>         {
>             user.status = deactivated;
>             return user;
>         });
>

 Yup, exactly.

My point was that users don't want this compared to the method chaining
version and
I think the code here kind of speaks for itself.

users.try_find().map() is the preferred API over try_find(user).map().

- Christian