[gmx-developers] XML and std::map?

[Vedran Miletić]

2015-09-21 22:29 GMT+02:00 David van der Spoel <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se>:
> Hi,
>
> one possibility to store the contents of an XML file without reinventing
> many wheels would be to use std::map. I.e.
>
> std::map *readXml(std::string filename);
>
> Some background reference on the map data structure:
> http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/map/map/
>
> Before I spend any time on this I would like to invite some feedback.
>
> Advantages: standard stuff with iterators etc.
> Disadvantages: don't know (yet).
>

Hello David,

would the approach you have in mind imply some kind of nested
std::map<std::string, std::map<...> > type?

Regards,
Vedran

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