Re: [Boost-users] [ptr_container] ptr_multimap insert andtransferfunctions

From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-08 17:57:32

Konstantin Litvinenko wrote:
> Hello, Thorsten!
> You wrote  on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:58:55 +0200:
> 
>  TO> If you're not afraid of using the main cvs, I can update that.
> 
>     I use 1.33.1 and can't switch to main trunc.
> 
>  TO> Do you agree that for ptr_set/ptr_map the return value should be
>  TO> single object transfer: std::pair<iterator,size_type>
> 
>     Why not std::pair<iterator,bool> as std::set/std::map return?
> 
>  TO> multi object transfer: std::pair<iterator,size_type>
>    
>         May be only size_type?

Why do you need the iterator for single element transfer, but not for 
multi element transfer?

>  TO> and for ptr_multiset/ptr_multimap the return value should be the same
>  TO> too?
> 
>     I think for these two should be 
> 
> single object transfer: iterator        // this operation always insert key/value pair
> multi object transfer: void             // this operation always insert all key/value pairs 

I have come to dislike variations in return-type, even for different 
containers. It makes them less interchangeable. Do you disagree?

-Thorsten