basic_string<>::operator[] const

[Ryszard Kabatek <rysio@rumcajs.chemie.uni-halle.de>]

Is it neccesary to check for __pos != size() ?
Why only for the const version?
Is this requierd by the standard?

BTW. If we check for !=, so we can check for < instead.

      // Element access:
      const_reference 
      operator[] (size_type __pos) const 
      {
        if (__pos != this->size())    // Why not: if (__pos < this->size())
          return _M_data()[__pos]; 
        else
          return _Rep::_S_terminal;
      }



Ryszard Kabatek
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