Re: [boost] Dynamic sized bitset

From: Jeremy Siek (jsiek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-26 11:48:59

On 11/26/01 8:22 AM, "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Exactly!
> 
> Unification of bitset, dyn_bitset, and vector<bool> seems within reach, and
> seems like an elegant solution to several issues:
> 
> *  A replacement for vector<bool> which does meet container requirements.

I don't see how the unified class would address this issue. We still need a
proxy for the reference type, and therefore it still would not meet the
container requirements, which is part of my reason for not including the
container functions in dyn_bitset.

> *  bitset isn't an STL container.

Right, and I don't think it should be an STL container. It's an entirely
different beast.

> *  bitset users wish both static and dynamic allocation flavors.

Cheers,
Jeremy

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