Re: std::set and std::multiset element mutability
Leigh Johnston wrote:
VC9 allows you to modify a std::set and a std::multiset's elements.
This seems to be forbidden by the c++0x standard, so is this being fixed
in VC10 or left as it is in order not to break software which is c++03
standard's compliant (debatable) but not c++0x standard's compliant?
Following code compiles on VC9 but not VC10:
#include <set>
class A
{
int m_n;
public:
A(int n):m_n(n){}
void Change(){m_n++;}
bool operator < (const A& rhs) const {return m_n < rhs.m_n;}
};
int main()
{
std::set<A> mySet;
A a(1);
mySet.insert(a);
mySet.begin()->Change();
return 0;
}
Error message on VC10 is
error C2662: 'A::Change' : cannot convert 'this' pointer from 'const A' to 'A &'
Conversion loses qualifiers.
So it seems this is fixed in VC10.
Code compiles on VC10 if you make A::m_n mutable and A::Change() const, but this
will break the set. This trick could be used to make inconsequential changes
(ones that did not change the ordering).
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David Wilkinson
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