Re: [boost] Submission: Fixed-Capacity STL Containers Library

From: Synge Todo (wistaria_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-05 13:24:09

Dear Darin and Andrei,

From: "Andrei Alexandrescu" <andrewalex_at_[hidden]>
Subject: Re: [boost] Submission: Fixed-Capacity STL Containers Library
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:21:27 -0800
> > I think that we should look into fixed_capacity_vector implementations
> that
> > don't behave this way; for one thing, it would make them more compatible
> > with vector, and for another, it would make them more efficient.

I should confess that I've never thought about that.  I have no idea
if it's possible to implement it in such a way without using dynamic
allocation.

> I agree. The fixed-capacity vector should allocate raw memory, not T[N]. The
> current implementation would be suitable for PODs only.

By the way, what does 'POD' mean?

Synge Todo
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