But there are more important points I think; first of all this: if all I can see "from the outside" is whether v_== minus [note: this is 'plus' in the original code] why keeping three states internally?
because i see no reason why they should be needed.
Sigh. You do keep them! The point is that your operator bool is a loss of information. Ever heard of lexicographical_compare_3way?
yes, but never used so far. but the non_3way lexicographic compare algorithm has the same problem. if you think somebody will need the three states (and the sgi stl people probably thought the same), it should be reason enough to add a member function for access and to make the enum public.
Hoped to make some more intelligent point, but if we don't understand each other on such basics first... :-(
i dont really know what you mean. i wanted the class to do something and to give me a boolean result. for doing this correctly it needs to maintain three states. so i now somebody has a good reason to access all three states from outside that is ok, but to access them just to have them public is something i cannot follow.
jan
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