Re: Problems with std::map.insert() and std::map.find()

From:
"Thomas J. Gritzan" <phygon_antispam@gmx.de>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:06:10 +0100
Message-ID:
<gik4qg$c06$1@newsreader2.netcologne.de>
(2b|!2b)==? schrieb:

Thomas J. Gritzan wrote:

    T2* operator[] (const T1 idx) const
    {
        if (idx > m_map.size())
            throw std::logic_error("Array bounds exceeded");


Why? m_map is not an array, it is a map. You can have a key, that is
larger than the size(). To test if a key is in the map, use find() and
check if it returns end().

        else
            return m_map[idx] ;


This shouldn't compile. You cannot use op[] on a const map!


Hmm, it does compile though, on VS2005... care to explain why it
shouldn't compile?


It compiles, because you don't use this function yet. Template functions
(or member functions of template classes) are fully error checked only
when used.

It won't compile when used, because op[] is non-const in a std::map (it
modifies the map; the key is inserted if it is not found), but m_map is
const in this const member function.

    RepositoryKey& operator=(const RepositoryKey& key) {
        if (this != &key)
        {
            m_xch = key.m_xch;
            m_syb = key.m_syb;
            m_ic = key.m_ic ;
            m_fq = key.m_fq ;
        }
        return *this;
    }


Better to use the swap idiom here.


Better, because it makes the operator= exception safe.

--
Thomas

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