Re: generalized STL set/map
On Apr 23, 1:31 pm, Alberto <alberto....@gmail.com> wrote:
On 20 Apr, 19:29, Arno <ascho...@think-cell.com> wrote:
If the extractor functor is required to be a unary_function, the
argument type can be used as the key_type, the return type as the
value_type, saving typing and ensuring template parameter consistency.
The comparator parameter would not have to be used as much, because
key_type::operator< can be defined appropriately instead, since
key_type's only purpose is comparison, not data storage.
You don't have to specialize map at all
just define:
template <typename T>
bool KeyLessThan(const T& a, const T& b)
{
return a.get_key() < b.get_key();
}
And use this comparator in a _stl_ set.
... and what about a key based search? set will not be able to provide
that and that is why I suggested about it being a specific case map.
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