Re: [Boost-users] [ptr_container] Abstract Key type in ptr_map< Key, Val> impossible?

Mikhail Levin skrev:

Steven Watanabe <watanabesj <at> gmail.com> writes:

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I believe that ptr_map stores the key be value.

In Christ, Steven Watanabe

I see. Thank you.

It would be good to document this prominently, because it is natural to expect that ptr_map<Key,Val> stores Key*, since "a set can be seen as a map, where values are irrelevant" and ptr_set<Key> stores Key*.

It should be somewhat clear from the examples, and other documentation. There are several options that you may employ: A) use shared_ptr<const Key> as key B) use std::map<shared_ptr<const Key>,value> -Thorsten