Re: How do vector choose const or non-const?
On Sep 3, 3:47 am, Sam <s...@email-scan.com> wrote:
Nephi Immortal writes:
[...]
Well, yes, const_iterator and iterator are two separate classes. However,
there's one template constructor that takes a beginning and an ending
iterator. Roughly speaking, it would look like this:
template<typename iter_type>
vector(iter_type beg_iter, iter_type end_iter)
{
while (beg_iter != end_iter)
push_back(*beg_iter++);
}
Of course, std::vector also has an allocator object, I'm leaving out a lot
of detail here. With the above constructor, you can give it either an
iterator or a const_iterator. Doesn't matter. Works with either one.
The real problem is making it give the desired results for
something like "std::vector<int> v(10, 1);". This isn't an
exact match for the std::vector<int>(size_t, int), and is an
exact match for the template constructor above. And of course,
there are also the complexity constraints when the iterator is a
random_access_iterator.
Implementing this constructor correctly is a non-trivial task,
and really requires a very experiences C++ programmer. (On the
other hand, something like what you've shown is a very good
learning experiment, provided one does understand the
restrictions.)
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