From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-31 14:52:01
From: "Jason Stewart" <res0054p_at_[hidden]>
> I'm saying, the basic less<pathname> does simple, non-case sensitive,
> string comparison simply so that they work out of the box with std::map.
It
> looks like this was the decision used for shared_ptr. What does less on a
> pointer mean except to arrange in order of memory? Is this useful? In my
> mind, only in that it allows use with std::map. (Or, maybe I misunderstood
> less<shared_ptr>, does it use less<contained_type>?)
You got it right, its only purpose is to allow shared_ptr's as map keys.
About the original thread: isn't std::string sufficient as a "pathname
class"?