"Rich Sposato" <rds@richsposato.com> wrote in message news:401F52D5.1090409@richsposato.com...
[...] The containers are called flex_set, flex_map, flex_multiset, and flex_multimap. They are similar to the 4 STL associative containers. There are two important differences between the STL containers and these: 1. You can search on any type that is comparable to the key_type, rather than just the key_type. (The STL associative containers only allows searches on the same type as the key.) 2. You do *not* need to create a temporary object of key_type to search through the containers. (The STL containers require you to create one temporary object to search for another.) [...]
This is pretty cool. I've had uses for this kind of thing many times, and always wrote a hack to solve it. Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.571 / Virus Database: 361 - Release Date: 1/26/2004