Re: [boost] Re: container design (Was: std::complex design (Was: N-Dimensional array))

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-08 09:06:52

----- Original Message -----
From: "Toon Knapen" <toon.knapen_at_[hidden]>

> But once layout and initialisation is covered, what about copying for
> intstance. If I std::copy( complex1_begin, complex1_end,
complex2_begin),
> is the compiler able to use memcpy (AFAIK it will call the assignment
op for
> every one of them)

That part could be handled with compiler-supported type_traits, using
has_trivial_copy_constructor. Much less of a challenge.

-Dave