Re: ostream_iterator for map
"James K. Lowden" wrote:
I want to copy a std::map to std::cout. I define operator<< for the
map's value_type. I can use that operator by defererencing a the map's
iterator. Why can't I compile std::copy with ostream_iterator?
The program that follows compiles and runs as is. Change it to #if 0
instead, and get "no match for 'operator<<' ". g++ says there are many
candidates, all standard, none mine.
[...]
#include <map>
#include <iostream>
#include<iterator>
using namespace std;
typedef map<int,float> the_map;
ostream& operator<<( ostream& os, const the_map::value_type& value )
{
return os << "(" << value.first << ", " << value.second << ")";
}
int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
the_map m;
m[1] = 1.0F;
#if 1
cout << *m.begin() << endl;
#else
copy( m.begin(), m.end(),
ostream_iterator<the_map::value_type>(cout, "\n") );
#endif
return 0;
}
If you put your operator<< in the std namespace, it works. If you
replace int or float with some class you declared in the global
namespace, it works too. Looks like argument-dependent lookup doesn't
see a reason to search there when all its types are from the std
namespace or builtins.
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