- improve functional compatibility with DynList (remove methods)
* eg, remove an element from any position in a DynamicList
* reduce the number of template parameters
* remove/subset regions of DynamicList
- propagate Swap template specializations for lists, hashtables
- move construct/assignment to various containers.
- add find/found methods for FixedList and UList for a more succinct
(and clearer?) usage than the equivalent global findIndex() function.
- simplify List_FOR_ALL loops
- lookup(): with a default value (const access)
For example,
Map<label> something;
value = something.lookup(key, -1);
being equivalent to the following:
Map<label> something;
value = -1; // bad value
if (something.found(key))
{
value = something[key];
}
except that lookup also makes it convenient to handle const references.
Eg,
const labelList& ids = someHash.lookup(key, labelList());
- For consistency, provide a two parameter HashTable '()' operator.
The lookup() method is, however, normally preferable when
const-only access is to be ensured.
- retain(): the counterpart to erase(), it only retains entries
corresponding to the listed keys.
For example,
HashTable<someType> largeCache;
wordHashSet preserve = ...;
largeCache.retain(preserve);
being roughly equivalent to the following two-stage process,
but with reduced overhead and typing, and fewer potential mistakes.
HashTable<someType> largeCache;
wordHashSet preserve = ...;
{
wordHashSet cull(largeCache.toc()); // all keys
cull.erase(preserve); // except those to preserve
largeCache.erase(cull); //
}
The HashSet &= operator and retain() are functionally equivalent,
but retain() also works with dissimilar value types.
- provide key_iterator/const_key_iterator for all hashes,
reuse directly for HashSet as iterator/const_iterator, respectively.
- additional keys() method for HashTable that returns a wrapped to
a pair of begin/end const_iterators with additional size/empty
information that allows these to be used directly by anything else
expecting things with begin/end/size. Unfortunately does not yet
work with std::distance().
Example,
for (auto& k : labelHashTable.keys())
{
...
}
- make construct from UList explicit and provide corresponding
assignment operator.
- add construct,insert,set,assignment from FixedList.
This is convenient when dealing with things like edges or triFaces.
- explicitly mention the value-initialized status for the operator().
This means that the following code will properly use an initialized
zero.
HashTable<label> regionCount;
if (...)
regionCount("region1")++;
... and also this;
if (regionCount("something") > 0)
{
...
}
Note that the OpenFOAM HashTable uses operator[] to provide read and
write access to *existing* entries and will provoke a FatalError if
the entry does not exist.
The operator() provides write access to *existing* entries or will
create the new entry as required.
The STL hashes use operator[] for this purpose.
- makes it easier to use as a wordHashSet replacement for situations
where we want to avoid duplicates but retain the input order.
- support construction from HashTable, which means it works like the
HashTable::sortedToc but with its own hashing for these keys.
- expose rehash() method for the user. There is normally no need for
using it directly, but also no reason to lock it away as private.
DynamicList
-----------
- construction, assignment and append
HashSet
-------
- construction, insert, set.
- assignment will use the implicit List constructor
hashedWordList
--------------
- construction, assignment
- additional sort() and uniq() methods.
- Readonly access to HashTable information via lookup() method.
- NB: could avoid 'const char**' constructors in the future
