>>>>> "Abdelrazak" == Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Abdelrazak> I think a vector of pointers solution would indeed solve a Abdelrazak> lot of the same problems but I don't think you would gain Abdelrazak> anything in terms of code size and simplicity. I would Abdelrazak> even say the contrary. Abdelrazak> Beside, here is some advantages of having a list compared Abdelrazak> to a vector of pointer solution. 1) A list is ordered: one Abdelrazak> paragraph after the other. A vector is ordered too. Abdelrazak> And we inherit list::iterator properties. What properties are not in vector? Abdelrazak> 2) Multiple paragraphs insertion and deletion can be Abdelrazak> optimized Abdelrazak> 3) You don't have to do any memory management (no new, no Abdelrazak> delete) We can use smart pointer to handle the deletes (shared_ptr maybe). The new has to be done indeed. Abdelrazak> The only advantage I can think of for the vector of Abdelrazak> pointers solution is that Abdelrazak> vector.insert(pos, new Paragraph(par)) Abdelrazak> should be a bit faster than: Abdelrazak> list.insert(par) operator- will be faster too. JMarc
