[boost] Re: Re: Re: Re: Boost Array Initialization Technique

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-31 22:06:17

christopher diggins wrote:

> violates the container postconditions. Just for example consider the
> following common idiom:
>
> template<class Container_T>
> void some_very_dangerous_code(Container_T& x) {
>   x = Container_T();
>   if (x.empty()} {
>     SayHelloToAlphaCentauri();
>   }
>   else {
>     SendNukesToAlphaCentauri();
>   }
> }
>
> Obviously this will not work as expected.

What's expected here?

Jonathan