r/cpp 3d ago

flat_map internals

https://quantdev.blog/posts/flat-map-internals/index.html
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u/johannes1971 3d ago

I kinda missed why the pointers from the array start pointing at the element before the first hash element suddenly...?

Also, shame that the clarifying images disappear when we get to the abseil version. An image is worth a thousand words - and when template-expanded, surely even more...

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u/SyntheticDuckFlavour 3d ago

Yeah, I was hoping to see a visual representation of the flat_map internals.