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John.I.Moore@mhafn.production.compuserve.com, "Jr."
<70672.1744@CompuServe.COM> wrote:

>Can any one tell me the status of the STL associative containers
>based on hash tables (e.g., hash_set, hash_map, etc.)?  In
>particular, will they be part of final C++ standard?  I certainly
>hope so, but I would like to know if they are being given strong
>consideration for the next revision of the standard.  I was
>surprised when I discovered them missing from the draft.

I haven't seen anything recent.  This reminds me of something I'd meant
to ask about: might there be interest in a hybrid container providing
roughly the expected efficiency of a hash table along with the worst
case efficiency of existing STL containers?  It would still lose the
ability to iterate in a specified order efficiently, so I'm curious
whether the efficiency or ordered iteration is seen as the primary
drawback to hash tables.
    Later,
    Jerry.

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