Re: [Boost-users] multi index container

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(I guess you meant e3 in the line above.)

Yes, my fault.

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Can someone tell me how a typedef of a multi_index_container fullfilling prerequisities above looks?

The following would do:

typedef multi_index_container< employee*, indexed_by< ordered_unique< member > >

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multi_t;

The lib is smart enough that can index by employee::id even if what you store are not employees proper, but pointers to employee.

Ahh, ok.

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Or is a multi_index_container not the right tool?

Using Boost.MultiIndex might be overkill here if this is all you need from it: an std::set can be used also with a suitable compare predicate.

I don't know if finding pointer OR id is possible in a std::set. I've tried a std::set with a compare class (which compares pointer and id). To store is not a problem but to "container.find(pointer)" AND "container.find(id)". Thanks