From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-02 12:49:50
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms_at_[hidden]> writes:
> The behavior of rehash in the case that an exception is thrown by the
> hash function is not specified in the proposal. In this
> implementation, if an exception is thrown by a hash function during a
> rehash operation, the hash table is cleared. This appears to be better
> behavior than leaving the container in state where it contains an
> arbitrary set of elements.
Why is that better? It seems overconstrained to me.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com