[boost] Re: Boost Array Initialization Technique

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-06 18:19:33

brangdon_at_[hidden] (Dave Harris) writes:

> In-Reply-To: <d80h47$irf$1_at_[hidden]>
> technews_at_[hidden] (Jonathan Turkanis) wrote (abridged):
>> array can't be given constructors without sacrificing the aggregate
>> initialization syntax.
>
> OK... although I'd rather have constructors than aggregate initialisation 
> syntax. If the problem is performance, surely the compiler can optimise 
> away the difference (given that it's a standard library component with 
> known semantics)?

FWIW, you can always add constructors and initialization in a wrapper
layer (e.g. derived class), but you can never take it away.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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