Re: [boost] Suggestion for multi_array query information

From: Ronald Garcia (garcia_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-11 14:44:00

Greetings Anders,

On Oct 11, 2004, at 12:18 PM, Anders Edin wrote:

> It appears multi_array uses a boost::array internally to store this
> information, and uses the data() method to return a pointer in the 
> above
> methods. Wouldn't it be better to return a reference to the array 
> directly:

The multi_array class template matches the requirements of the 
MultiArray concept, which specifies that the member functions that you 
mention return pointers.  Other types in the Boost.MultiArray library, 
such as views and subarrays also implement MultiArray, but subarrays 
for example do not store the same information in boost::arrays.  Thus 
the various types share a common interface so that they can be used 
generically.

Hope this helps,

ron