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### 450. set::find is inconsistent with associative container requirements

Section: 22.4.6 [set] Status: Dup Submitter: Bill Plauger Opened: 2004-01-30 Last modified: 2016-01-28

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Duplicate of: 214

Discussion:

map/multimap have:

        iterator find(const key_type& x) const;
        const_iterator find(const key_type& x) const;

which is consistent with the table of associative container requirements. But set/multiset have:

        iterator find(const key_type&) const;

set/multiset should look like map/multimap, and honor the requirements table, in this regard.

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