Re: hash_map

[Guy Harrison]

Michael Schuster wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm using std::map<std::string, int*>  with a lot of elements. As I
> thought hash_map would be a better choice, I tried to find out the
> improvements.I managed to get it working (after some googling). Ok,
> now my programm works with __gnu_cxx::hash_map but is awfully slow!
> I also tried STLPort's hash_map, but this hash_map really increases
> the speed of my app (~20%). Is there a better version of hash_map
> planed?

I use map<> (basically var=val) a *lot*. I have no problem with it. 

> Thanks for your answers!

Pass by const ref