Consider the following code in C++: Suppose that string_map::operator[] contains the only call to complex_ lookup anywhere
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Consider the following code in C++:
Suppose that string_map::operator[] contains the only call to complex_ lookup anywhere in the program. Explain why it would be unwise for the programmer to expand that call textually in-line and eliminate the separate function.
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class string_map { string cached_key; string cached_val; const string complex_lookup(const string key); // body specified elsewhere public: const string operator [] (const string key) { if (key == cached_key) return cached_val; string rtn_val = complex_lookup (key); cached_key key; cached_val = rtn_val; return rtn_val; };
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