Re: GCC 4.0 Ada.Containers Cursor danger.

["Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>]

"Dmitriy Anisimkov" <anisimkov@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> If I need direct access to elements, I put dynamically allocated object
> (maybe smart pointer) into container, and keep access where i need.
> I think it is more honestly than to keep cursors.
> So I take responsibility for deallocation. And library does not have to
check
> for invalid cursors.

This makes no sense at all. The major advantage of using containers over
writing the code yourself is that you don't have to do memory management. If
you're going to require users to do their own memory management, there is
almost no need for containers in the first place. Only the map is
sufficiently hard to write to justify a special package, and that would only
need a handful of operations.

                             Randy.