Re: [Boost-users] Library Interface Design

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-15 13:03:42

David Walthall <walthall_at_[hidden]> writes:

> The only time I have found it useful to have default-constructed objects 
> that are otherwise unusable is when I need to store them in a map or 
> other container that requires a default constructible object.  

No standard containers have that requirement, though.

> That allows me to use the easier operator[] syntax instead of using
> insert and find.  However, I've begun to view that as a defect in
> the interface of std::map rather than a need to have default
> constructible objects even when they are not usable.

Maybe it's a defect in your desire to avoid find/insert. :)

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Dave Abrahams
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