From: Tanton Gibbs (thgibbs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-11 12:56:04
> However, I'm still unconvinced that uninitialized optionals should compare
> false,
> and even though, you can always compare optional values (via operator*),
so
> I see no benefit in defining relational operators directly (thus these
> operators
> will be poisoned)
Shouldn't unitialized optionals compare true? i.e.,
optional<int> x = optional<int>();
optional<int> y = optional<int>();
if( x == 0 ) {
// this is obviously true
}
if( y == 0 ) {
// this is obviously true
}
therefore,
if( x == y ) {
// this should obviously be true
}
Tanton