[boost] Re: Discovering array size

From: David B. Held (dheld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-03 21:36:13

"Douglas Paul Gregor" <gregod_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:20031203175108.H4526_at_ashley.cs.rpi.edu...
> [...]
> Well, std::tr1::array (and boost::array) support brace
> initialization but you need to know the size ahead of time :(.

Oh, well that's still cool.  But then, is it really preferred over
the raw array if it doesn't ever leave the scope in which it is
defined?

> Help may be on the way:
>   http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2003/n1509.pdf

This looks great!  But I would call it "making structured/
aggregate literals first-class values in C++", rather than
just talking about initializer lists.  That makes it more obvious
that perhaps there's an obvious incompleteness about
C++.

Dave

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