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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: GCC 4.0 Ada.Containers Cursor danger.
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:38:09 +0100
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"Matthew Heaney" <mheaney@on2.com> writes:

> It depends of course on how one defines "unordered."
>
> I use the term "unordered" to refer to a set (or map) implemented using
> some kind of sequential container (a list, say).  The only way to find
> an element is by performing a linear search.
>
> An "ordered" set is implemented using a data structure that allows you
> to find an element in better than O(n) time.  Using that criterion,
> then both the Hashed_Set and Ordered_Sets are "ordered."

These seem very unnatural and misleading usages to me.