Re: does map find guarantee to not copy mapped value?
On 2 Sep, 11:13, Kai-Uwe Bux <jkherci...@gmx.net> wrote:
PeteUK wrote:
Hello,
I find myself writing a lot of code like the one below where I find
something out of a map and then use a reference to second to
interrogate the mapped object:
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
class Expensive { /* lots of stuff here... */ };
int main()
{
std::map<int,Expensive> m;
m.insert(std::make_pair(1,Expensive(3)));
// and then later
std::map<int,Expensive>::const_iterator it = m.find(1);
const Expensive& expensive = (*it).second;
// use expensive here - is this safe?
}
Is this practice safe?
Operations on map don't invalidate references unless they erase the eleme=
nt
referred to. The same guarantee applies to iterators and pointers into th=
e
map.
I've just determined on VC9 compiler that the
find doesn't do any copies, but wondered if the standard mandates
this?
Yes: [23.1/11] and [23.1.2/8] and the absence of invalidate-clauses in th=
e
section about std::map.
Best
Kai-Uwe Bux
Kai-Uwe Bux,
I appreciate your clarification of this.
Pete
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