derive from std::set, const_iterator does not work

[Markus Dehmann]

I want to derive from std::set, like shown below. But when I try to
declare an iterator over the contained elements I get an error, see
the twp uncommented lines:

#include <set>
template<class T>
class MySet : public std::set<T>{
public:
MySet() : std::set<T>() {}
void foo(){
// const_iterator it; // error: `const_iterator' undeclared (first
use this
function)
// std::set<T>::const_iterator it; // error: expected `;' before
"it"
}
};

I thought const_iterator should be a member of this class (since I am
deriving from std::set). What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
Markus

[Daniel Pitts]

Markus Dehmann wrote:

I want to derive from std::set, like shown below. But when I try to
declare an iterator over the contained elements I get an error, see
the twp uncommented lines:

#include <set>
template<class T>
class MySet : public std::set<T>{
public:
MySet() : std::set<T>() {}
void foo(){
// const_iterator it; // error: `const_iterator' undeclared (first
use this
function)
// std::set<T>::const_iterator it; // error: expected `;' before
"it"
}
};

I thought const_iterator should be a member of this class (since I am
deriving from std::set). What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
Markus

Why derive from std::set? This seems like a good place to use delegation
or composition instead. What functionality do you anticipate adding to set?

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[Abhishek Padmanabh]

On Jun 8, 8:27*am, Markus Dehmann <[e-mail]:

I want to derive from std::set, like shown below. But when I try to
declare an iterator over the contained elements I get an error, see
the twp uncommented lines:

#include <set>
template<class T>
class MySet : public std::set<T>{
public:
* MySet() : std::set<T>() {}
* void foo(){
* * // const_iterator it; // error: `const_iterator' undeclared (first
use this
function)
* * // std::set<T>::const_iterator it; // error: expected `;' before
"it"
* }

};

I thought const_iterator should be a member of this class (since I am
deriving from std::set). What am I doing wrong?

Not getting into why you want to derive from a standard container,
here's how you can make it work:

#include <set>

template<class T>
class MySet : public std::set<T>{
public:
MySet() : std::set<T>() {}
void foo(){
//either create typedefs to use iterator/const_iterator directly
typedef typename std::set<T>::const_iterator const_iterator;
typedef typename std::set<T>::iterator iterator;
const_iterator it;
//or use fully qualified names but will need typename
typename std::set<T>::const_iterator it2;
}
};

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