Associative containers and iterators

[anonymous]

I have a function that returns a map<string, vector<int.
Inside the function I load the map with this instruction:

loc_map["hello"].push_back(1);

I would like to remove the output data structure and to use a template
function with iterators.

My idea is to use an iterator in this way:

template <class Out>
void my_fun( Out m ) {...}

and call the function:

my_fun(back_ins erter(my_map));

My problem is: Is it possible to write the instruction
loc_map["hello"].push_back(1); using the parameter m?

Thanks

[James Kanze]

Re: Associative containers and iterators

On Aug 2, 2:13 pm, anonymous <n...@none.comw rote:

I have a function that returns a map<string, vector<int.
Inside the function I load the map with this instruction:

loc_map["hello"].push_back(1);

I would like to remove the output data structure and to use a
template function with iterators.

My idea is to use an iterator in this way:

template <class Out>
void my_fun( Out m ) {...}

and call the function:

my_fun(back_ins erter(my_map));

My problem is: Is it possible to write the instruction
loc_map["hello"].push_back(1); using the parameter m?

A back_insert_ite rator always inserts at the end, using
push_back. An associative container cannot allow the user to
insert where he wants; it must insert where it wants. Thus, a
back_insert_ite rator cannot be used with it.

It's somewhat of an abuse, but you can use a normal
insert_iterator , passing it the end iterator of the map when you
construct it. In the case of map, of course, you'll have to
write a map<>::value_ty pe to it. But frankly, what's wrong with
just passing the function a reference to the map, and letting it
do its job normally? Maps aren't containers, regardless of what
the standard says, and trying to use them like a container is
generally misleading.

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