MINOR: [C++] Avoid multimap::find unspecified behavior #48607
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Rationale for this change
When a
std::multimaphas multiple entries with the same key, callingm.find(key)returns an unspecified element.Historically, this returns the first matching element. However, this is not guaranteed, and recent libc++ changes make this return an arbitrary element. This can lead to surprising behavior, i.e. different values returned based on what other entries are in the multimap (and what the shape of the internal tree is).
What changes are included in this PR?
Replace
m.find(key)withm.equal_range(key)to preserve behavior and have predictable results. The behavior of this is guaranteed to return a range of all matching elements in insertion order, and the beginning of the range is the same element as what's normally returned bym.find(key).Are these changes tested?
Yes
Are there any user-facing changes?
No