Re: Using non-const predicate in std::map fails to compile in release
??MS?parport IOCTL wrote:
#include <iostream>
#include <functional>
#include <map>
#include <cassert>
#include <tchar.h>
using namespace std;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
struct c_wstring_compare
: std::binary_function<const wchar_t *, const wchar_t *,
bool> {
inline result_type
operator()(first_argument_type left,
second_argument_type right) {
return wcscmp(left, right) < 0;
}
};
typedef map<const wchar_t *, const wchar_t *, c_wstring_compare>
MyCharMap;
MyCharMap container;
container.find(_T("key2"));
return 0;
}
The code above can be compiled successfully in debug mode while
fails in release mode (visual studio 2008).
The error message is:
E:\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\xtree(1268) : error C3848:
expression having type 'const wmain::c_wstring_compare' would lose
some const-volatile qualifiers in order to call 'bool
wmain::c_wstring_compare::operator ()(const wchar_t *,const wchar_t
*)'
Should it be regarded as a defect?
Yes, but not in the library. :-)
You can make you predicate callable from a const-function but making
the operator itself const:
inline result_type operator(...) const
{ }
Bo Persson
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