strasser@uni-bremen.de wrote:
why is the mapped_type stored by pointer to allocated object instead of by value?
next release (in the works) renames tokenmap to ptr_tokenmap, and a new tokenmap comes in its place with by-value semantics.
I think the "randomized part" could be provided by the user, if the key is a std::pair<index_part, user_part>.
Correct. Next release delegate to an external randomizer. Presumably users will plug Boost Random Number.
btw, a similar technique (but without the iterating and the randomizing part) is employed in my implementation of thread_specific_ptr: http://www.boostpro.com/vault/index.php?action=downloadfile&filename=tss.hpp&directory=&
Interesting... thanks for the hint.
that would be another use case of your container if it is configurable enough in the final version.
It shall be. Also, thanks for bullet-point examples of analogous operations. It summarized it all well. -sl