[boost] Re: New proposal for boost: carray

From: jsiek_at_[hidden]
Date: 2000-01-10 05:00:34

Gavin Collings writes:
 > > > array_ref takes raw memory and turns it into an array, it makes more
 > > > sense for it to provide array style initialisation too.
 > >
 > > Do you mean the initializer list? I wasn't intending array_ref to
 > > be fixed size.
 > 
 > No, I was thinking of calling std::construct() / uninitialized_xxx in an
 > array_ref constructor, and std::destroy in the destructor.  That wouldn't be
 > appropriate in the case you describe, since initialisation, destruction is
 > external to array_ref.  It would be more useful in the case where a derived
 > class provides raw memory and utilises array_ref to turn it into an initialized
 > array of T (and tidies up).  Perhaps I misread your example as an example of
 > preferred usage?  It could be implemented as an option using an extra
 > constructor and a flag, or a template argument...

Ahh, the code I gave was just implementation, not usage. I'll do an
example with the next upload.