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+ Yes it is, and that's okay. This is a decision that we preserved
+ when we imported SGI's STL implementation. The following is
+ quoted from <a class="link" href="http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/FAQ.html">their FAQ</a>:
+ </p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
+ The size() member function, for list and slist, takes time
+ proportional to the number of elements in the list. This was a
+ deliberate tradeoff. The only way to get a constant-time
+ size() for linked lists would be to maintain an extra member
+ variable containing the list's size. This would require taking
+ extra time to update that variable (it would make splice() a
+ linear time operation, for example), and it would also make the
+ list larger. Many list algorithms don't require that extra
+ word (algorithms that do require it might do better with
+ vectors than with lists), and, when it is necessary to maintain
+ an explicit size count, it's something that users can do
+ themselves.
+ </p><p>
+ This choice is permitted by the C++ standard. The standard says
+ that size() <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">should</span>”</span> be constant time, and
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">should</span>”</span> does not mean the same thing as
+ <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">shall</span>”</span>. This is the officially recommended ISO
+ wording for saying that an implementation is supposed to do
+ something unless there is a good reason not to.
+ </p><p>
+ One implication of linear time size(): you should never write
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
+ if (L.size() == 0)
+ ...
+ </pre><p>
+ Instead, you should write
+ </p><pre class="programlisting">
+ if (L.empty())
+ ...
+ </pre></blockquote></div></div></div><div class="section" title="vector"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="containers.sequences.vector"/>vector</h3></div></div></div><p>
+ </p><div class="section" title="Space Overhead Management"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a id="sequences.vector.management"/>Space Overhead Management</h4></div></div></div><p>
+ In <a class="link" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2002-04/msg00105.html">this
+ message to the list</a>, Daniel Kostecky announced work on an
+ alternate form of <code class="code">std::vector</code> that would support
+ hints on the number of elements to be over-allocated. The design
+ was also described, along with possible implementation choices.
+ </p><p>
+ The first two alpha releases were announced <a class="link" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2002-07/msg00048.html">here</a>
+ and <a class="link" href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2002-07/msg00111.html">here</a>.
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