RE: [boost] Array support [was SmartPtr (Loki) - auto_ptr/move c 'tor issue]

From: Rozental, Gennadiy (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-03 15:49:27

> I find this remarkably analogous to the operator const charT* issue 
> with early basic_string.  We needed that operator for better 
> compatibility with legacy code using null-terminated char arrays, and 
> writing s.c_str() all over the place doesn't read as nice.  
> But in the 
> end, the implicit conversion to const charT* was deemed too 
> error prone 
> for basic_string.

I would like to second this opinion. I do not see a big of a deal in
enforcing get() for direct access. It may make transition to SP slightly
more difficult. But the advantages IMO prevail.

Gennadiy.