From c92f68ba36cc4d8b43cb7aefdaaf73c09d069f96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fred <fred>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:29:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] lilypond-1.1.5

---
 flower/include/dictionary.hh | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flower/include/dictionary.hh b/flower/include/dictionary.hh
index e1e840b8a1..e9caa46d64 100644
--- a/flower/include/dictionary.hh
+++ b/flower/include/dictionary.hh
@@ -173,6 +173,17 @@ public:
        fixed_p_->dict_arr_[l].name_ = s;
        return fixed_p_->dict_arr_[l].value_;
     }
+  V elem (String s) const
+    {
+      return const_elem (s);
+    }
+  V const_elem (String k) const
+  {
+      V retval;
+      if (elem_b (k))
+	retval = ((Dictionary<V>*)this)->elem (k);
+      return retval;
+  }
   V& operator [] (String k)
     {
       return elem (k);
@@ -180,10 +191,7 @@ public:
 
   V operator [] (String k) const
     {
-      V retval;
-      if (!elem_b (k))
-	return retval ;
-      return ((Dictionary<V> *) this)->elem (k);
+      return const_elem (k);
     }
 
   V remove (String s)
-- 
2.39.5