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97. Insert inconsistent definition

Section: 24 [containers] Status: NAD Submitter: AFNOR Opened: 1998-10-07 Last modified: 2016-01-28

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Discussion:

insert(iterator, const value_type&) is defined both on sequences and on set, with unrelated semantics: insert here (in sequences), and insert with hint (in associative containers). They should have different names (B.S. says: do not abuse overloading).

Rationale:

This is not a defect in the Standard. It is a genetic misfortune of the design, for better or for worse.