Re: Use of CString key in CMap
"David Wilkinson" <no-reply@effisols.com> wrote in message
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David:
AFAICT, operator [] has the same behavior in std::map and CMap.
The CMap documentation says that it "cannot" be used as an r-value, which
is nonsense. What they mean is, it "should not" be used as an r-value if
you do not want a default value inserted if the key is not found.
It's not nonsense. Instead of e.g.
if ( m_map[_T("geneva")] ) // inserts default "geneva" object
just do:
CString strGeneva;
if ( m_map.Lookup(_T("geneva"), strGeneva) ) // returns true if it
exists
I don't know of any uses when I desire a default value to be manufactured.
Ever. Like I said, a standard $1 dictionary doesn't do it, and I don't want
something supposedly modelling a dictionary to do it.
std::map::find() is like CMap::Plookup(). The former returns an iterator,
while the latter returns a pointer. Same thing, conceptually.
Dereferencing either gives an element of the map, which is a pair in both
cases.
There is no analog of CMap::Lookup() in std::map; you have to test the
result of find(). No big deal.
Well, perhaps that's why I don't like STL. Iterators are especially
unreadable, and I don't want to deal with them just to lookup something in
my map.
Thanks,
David
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