Re: [Boost-users] ptr_vector problem when storing it inside a map

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-25 11:35:32

Thorsten Ottosen <nesotto_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Oleg Smolsky <oleg.smolsky <at> pacific-simulators.co.nz> writes:
>
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I've just started looking at ptr_vector<> and got stuck on the
>> following issue:
>
>>         std::map<std::string, boost::ptr_vector<Simple> >       map;
>>         map["key"].push_back(new Simple);
>
> The problem is that no pointer container is copyable.

Note that it was a design decision to make them noncopyable.  See
http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2005/04/85005.php for the
background.

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Dave Abrahams
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