Re: Inserting objects into a std::map?
James Kanze wrote:
On Mar 27, 10:04 pm, Paul Brettschneider
<paul.brettschnei...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
saneman wrote:
[...]
Another thing. When I make:
std::map<Bob, int> m;
And my Bob class does not define '<' operator why does the
compiler not complain in the above declaration of 'm'?
Its first when I insert that the compiler complains about
the missing operator in Bob:
It's the way templates work: functions/methods are only
instantiated when you use them. Since Key::operator<() is not
needed for constructing an empty map, the compiler doesn't
complain.
Or it does (g++, for example). The current standard says it's
undefined behavior, so anything the implementation does is
legal.
I cannot reproduce this on g++:
#include <map>
class A {
int x;
public:
A(int x_) : x(x_) { };
};
int main()
{
std::map<A, int> x; // Compiles fine
A a(123);
// x[a] = 456; // <-- This fails
}
compiles on my g++4.2 and g++4.1 versions as long as the last line stays
commented out. I'd find it curious if the std::map construction would
instantiate a method depending on the Compare argument.
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