declaring a priority queue in c with a custom comparator

Question

I'm attempting to declare a priority queue of nodes using the comparator function bool Compare(Node a, Node b) (which is outside the node class).

I presently have the following:

priority_queue<Node, vector<Node>, Compare> openSet;

I'm receiving Error: "Compare" is not a type name for some reason.

Adding priority_queue<Node, vector Node>, bool Compare> to the declaration.

gives me the error 'Error: expecting a '>'

I've also attempted:

priority_queue<Node, vector<Node>, Compare()> openSet;
priority_queue<Node, vector<Node>, bool Compare()> openSet;
priority_queue<Node, vector<Node>, Compare<Node, Node>> openSet; 

How should I correctly declare my priority_queue?

Answer 1

Create a class called "Compare" and override operator() on it as follows:

class Foo
{

};

class Compare
{
public:
    bool operator() (Foo, Foo)
    {
        return true;
    }
};

int main()
{
    std::priority_queue<Foo, std::vector<Foo>, Compare> pq;
    return 0;
}

Or, if you for some reasons can't make it as class, you could use std::function for it:

class Foo
{

};

bool Compare(Foo, Foo)
{
    return true;
}

int main()
{
    std::priority_queue<Foo, std::vector<Foo>, std::function<bool(Foo, Foo)>> pq(Compare);
    return 0;
}