Something about std::list<> member functions.

[Jonathan Wakely]

On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 06:55:22PM +0530, Dhruv Matani wrote:

> > struct less {
> >     template<class T>
> >      bool operator()(const T& const a, const T& const b ) const
> >      { return a < b; }
> > };
> > 
> > Note the extra const's on a and b.  I don't remember the gory details
> > on why this was needed, though.
> > 
> Is this standards compliant?

No.
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/const-correctness.html#faq-18.7

jon

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