Re: [boost] boost::array support for runtime-sized arrays

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-20 13:30:16

loufoque wrote:
> John Maddock wrote :
>
>> Scoped_array:
>> Useful for temporary buffers whose size is determined at runtime.
>> Doesn't have a container interface though, and probably mostly used
>> for interfacing with legacy C API's.
>
> Why not use std::vector here ?
> You get the interfacing with C using &v[0].

True.  And thinking about it, I can't actually remember ever using it 
either, but that was the motivation for providing it if my memory is 
correct.

My only complaint about std::vector is that the &v[0] always feels like a 
hack to me, even if it is guarenteed to work.

John.