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// Code for static initialization of an stl map. Somewhat like Boost.assign. 

// Ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/138600/initializing-a-static-stdmapint-int-in-c

// Example use: map<int, int> m = map_list_of (1,2) (3,4) (5,6) (7,8);

template <typename T, typename U>

class create_map

{

private:

    std::map<T, U> m_map;

public:

    create_map(const T& key, const U& val)

    {

        m_map[key] = val;

    }

    create_map<T, U>& operator()(const T& key, const U& val)

    {

        m_map[key] = val;

        return *this;

    }

    operator std::map<T, U>()

    {

        return m_map;

    }

};