summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/absl/container/flat_hash_map.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'absl/container/flat_hash_map.h')
-rw-r--r--absl/container/flat_hash_map.h8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/absl/container/flat_hash_map.h b/absl/container/flat_hash_map.h
index fcb70d86..74def0df 100644
--- a/absl/container/flat_hash_map.h
+++ b/absl/container/flat_hash_map.h
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ class flat_hash_map : public absl::container_internal::raw_hash_map<
//
// size_type erase(const key_type& key):
//
- // Erases the element with the matching key, if it exists.
+ // Erases the element with the matching key, if it exists, returning the
+ // number of elements erased (0 or 1).
using Base::erase;
// flat_hash_map::insert()
@@ -383,6 +384,11 @@ class flat_hash_map : public absl::container_internal::raw_hash_map<
// key value and returns a node handle owning that extracted data. If the
// `flat_hash_map` does not contain an element with a matching key, this
// function returns an empty node handle.
+ //
+ // NOTE: when compiled in an earlier version of C++ than C++17,
+ // `node_type::key()` returns a const reference to the key instead of a
+ // mutable reference. We cannot safely return a mutable reference without
+ // std::launder (which is not available before C++17).
using Base::extract;
// flat_hash_map::merge()