Hi!

Why isn't there a method clear() in the STL-stack and STL-queue (like in
all other STL-containers)?

I would like to write:

 stack<...> s;
 ...
 s.clear();

But I have to write something like this:

 while(!s.empty()) { s.pop(); }

or

 s = stack<...>;

Ciao, Kosta
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> Why isn't there a method clear() in the STL-stack and STL-queue (like in
> all other STL-containers)?

These are only adaptors, usually for deque.
Why do you do not use deque ?


Ralf

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Ralf Stoffels <stoffels@faho.rwth-aachen.de> writes:

>
> > Why isn't there a method clear() in the STL-stack and STL-queue (like in
> > all other STL-containers)?
>
> These are only adaptors, usually for deque.
> Why do you do not use deque ?

Or put another way: clear() is not part of the semantics of a stack or
a queue.


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