Re: [Boost-users] [multi-index] No constructor that takes allocator only

From: Michael Fawcett (michael.fawcett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-30 12:58:38

On Jan 30, 2008 12:48 PM, Joaquín Mª López Muñoz <joaquin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Not all STL containers provide an allocator ctor (associative containers don't),

Ah, sorry for the blanket statement (I had been using vector and list
as my test structures thus far).  Do you know the rational or
historical reasons for not including those ctors in the associative
containers?

> which is the implicit reason why I didn't include it (I followed std::set's interface
> in the initial designs). That said, I don't see any technical problem in providing
> that ctor, so I'm putting it in my todo list for the next release (Boost 1.36, I'm
> afraid).

Excellent news, I appreciate it!

--Michael Fawcett