[Boost-users] Re: Iterators and maps [was Re: Where should STL suggestionsgo?]

Jim Lear wrote:

So in the absolute most abhorently poor code example (let's just call it "meta-code"), the map operator would behave like:

data_type &operator[](const iterator &i) { return i->second; }

Am I just too ignorant to make any sense? :-) Maybe I'll crawl back into my hole. :-)

You're making sense, but consider this: why should the map get involved in that operation at all when you can do it all with the iterator? Seems like a design flaw to get another object involved needlessly. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com