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From:
"Jacky" <jl@knight.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:46:03 +0800
Message-ID:
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If I have the following code:

template<class I, class T>
I find (I first, I last, const T& value)
{
        while (first != last && *first != value)
                ++first;
        return first;
}

struct int_node {
     int val;
     int_node *next;
};

// Wrapper
template <class Node>
struct node_wrap {
         Node *ptr;

         node_wrap(Node* p = 0) : ptr(p) { }
         Node& operator *() const { return *ptr }
<<<<< what is this? and more coming up
         Node* operator->() const { return ptr }
<<<<< what does cont mean here?

         // pre-increment operator
         node_wrap& operator++ () { ptr = ptr->next; return
*this; }
         // post-increment operator
         node_wrap operator++(int) { node_wrap tmp = *this; ++*this;
return tmp; }

         bool operator == (const node_wrap& i) const { return ptr ==
i.ptr; }
         bool operator != (const node_wrap& i) const { return ptr !=
i.ptr; }
};

bool operator == (const int_node& node, int n) { return node.val == n; }
<<< what are these extra lines for?
bool operator != (const int_node& node, int n) { return node.val != n; }

void main()
{
        int_node *list_head, *list_tail;
        int_node *in = new(int_node);
        in->val = 100;
        in->next = 0;
        list_head = list_tail = in;

        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
             int_node* in = new(int_node);
             in->val = i;
             in->next = 0;

            list_tail->next = in;
            list_tail = in;
        }

       // 100, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
       node_wrap<int_node> r;

       r = find(node_wrap<int_node>(list_head), node_wrap<int_node>(), 10);
<<<<< don't understand this as well
       if ( r != node_wrap<int_node>())
            std::cout << (*r).val << std::endl;

       r = find(node_wrap<int_node>(list_head), node_wrap<int_node>(), 3);
       if (r != node_wrap<int_node>())
            std::cout << (*r).val << std::endl;
       }

it says that find(list_head, null, 5); won't work, why?
Sorry this is not an English reference, could you please explain the above
code?
 

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