21 May
2011
21 May
'11
10:28 a.m.
Hi Beman, On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> wrote:
But I had not cosidered the impact on algorithms that expect the "first" and "second" names, that further complicates the decision.
If it is possible, I think it is a good idea to at least offer the standard "first" and "second" names as an alternative option.
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen@dezide.com> wrote:
Boost.Bimap does something similar. Would it not be possible to do something similar, even though the value is fetched lazily?
I'll look at Bimap. Thanks for the pointer.
I leave you here a direct pointer to the rationale for Boost.Bimap design decisions: http://tinyurl.com/bimap-rationale Best regards, Matias