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On 09/29/2011 07:34 AM, marius63 wrote:
> "I've been using this 'holder' approach for years." (Alex Mosteo, in another thread)
>
> Me too. But I've got proof :-)
>
> "... the simplest way is to make your own with any other of the standard containers..." (Alex)
>
> Curiously enough, exactly how I proposed it.

I think this is one of those "obvious" things that has been (re-)invented many 
times by many people.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"C++ is like jamming a helicopter inside a Miata
and expecting some sort of improvement."
Drew Olbrich
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