[boost] Re: status of array_traits?

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-09 09:49:29

"Ronald Garcia" <garcia_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.50.0301090923330.536-100000_at_trillian.osl.iu.edu...
>
> IIRC, the array_traits library was pulled off of the boost main page
> and moved into the sandbox a while ago.  What is its current status?  Is
> being actively developed or is it currently in stasis?

I recently looked into the array_traits because I needed it for the
container algorithms if they should work for
built.in arrays too. However, after a long time I came to the conclusion
that they will never work
on non-conforming compilers like vc6/7. The problem is simply the inability
to deduce the array size by this overload:

template< typename T, int sz >
void foo( T (&a) [sz] );

If somebody knows how to remedy this, it would enable array_traits for those
compilers.

regards

Thorsten