Re: BinaryPredicate Question
"James Kanze" <james.kanze@gmail.com> wrote:
Daniel T. wrote:
"James Kanze" <james.kanze@gmail.com> wrote:
Otis Bricker wrote:
I'm trying to figure out is the following technique is valid.
Given
std::vector<DataItem> cache;
which is sorted by the ID_ field of each DataItem.
And this Predicate class:
class IdLessThan: public std::binary_function<long, DataItem, bool>
{
public:
bool operator()
( long lhs, const DataItem& rhs)const{return lhs <
rhs.ID_;};
};
Is the following valid?
Vector<DataItem>::iterator it =
std::upper_bound(cache.begin(),cache.end(),ID, IdLessThan());
No. Given this call, IdLessThan must be callable with a first
argument of type DataItem, and a second of type long (and the
reverse).
Several people have said this now, but the OPs code works fine in gcc
and at http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout/.
Also, Dikumware's and SGI's documentation say that upper_bound only uses
pred(x, y) where x is the 3rd argument passed in and y is the elements
in the container.
What am I missing?
Are you sure.
Yes.
I just looked at the Dinkumware site, and the
documentation for lower_bound...
Isn't relevant because we are talking about upper_bound, not lower_bound.
(Of course, providing all three operators: (Toto, int), (int,
Toto) and (Toto, Toto) is probably a good idea anyway.)
I can accept that.
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