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Re: [C++] Should the complexity of std::list::size() be O(n) or O(1)?
Howard Hinnant <hhinnant@apple.com> writes:
[...]
| Conclusion: Yes, you can store the size externally. But you loose
| performance and/or functionality in the above members that will also
| have to be recoded.
I think I'm still unconvinced that we have to change list::size, here.
Since it was a mistake to put it there in the first place, why shall
we penalize proper list operations by trying to make an error run faster?
-- Gaby