(Re)named std::pair members

Question

Instead of writing town->first I would like to write town->name. Inline named accessors (Renaming first and second of a map iterator and Name

Answer 1

I guess elaborating on

struct City : public std::pair {
  string& name() { return first; }
  const string& name() const { return first; }
  int& zip() { return second; }
  int zip() const { return second; }
};

is the closest you get to what youre looking for, althrough struct City { string name; int zipcode; } seems perfectly fine.