Re: How are objects inserted into a set?
Victor Bazarov wrote:
desktop wrote:
Victor Bazarov wrote:
Johs wrote:
[..]
I can see operators that must be defined for std::set in 23.3.3,
but I can't find any requirements for the objects that I would like
to insert. This is my object that I would like to insert into a
std::set: class test {
public:
int getpp(){return pp;}
void setpp(int i){pp = i;}
int operator<(int a) const
{
return 22;
}
private:
int pp;
};
But I still get the error:
error: no match for ?operator<? in ?__x < __y
where can I find an interface for the objects to insert?
You are supposed to implement a comparison between two objects of the
type you're going to store, not between an object and an int:
...
bool operator <(test const& t) const {
...
}
and the actual implementation is supposed to adhere to "strict weak
ordering" rules: if two objects ('a', 'b') are equivalent (for the
purporses of storing in that set), then 'a < b' and 'b < a' should
both return false.
V
Where are such rules defined. Could not find them in the C++ Standard.
The 'set' and 'map' templates have a template argument: the "Compare"
relation (see 23.1.2), which is by default 'std::less'. Now, look up
'std::less' and keep reading until you don't understand (and cannot
figure it out) by reading it again. Then ask more specific questions.
Again: what book are you reading that doesn't explain those things?
V
I am currently reading Bjarne Stroustrup and Accelerated C++. In Bjarne
I can only find half a page about sets in section 17.4.3 that
corresponds to what is found in the C++ Standard text.
There is no info on what rules applies to objects that are inserted into
the set, only that the set should have defined the less operator.
I have read the complete interface for std::set in the C++ Standard but
again there is no info on how to insert own objects.
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