Re: [boost] [unordered] memory questions

From: Michael Marcin (mmarcin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-08 16:01:50

Hervé Brönnimann wrote:
> Michael:  If you are allocating your container before main, you must  
> know how much memory is needed at compile time, don't you?  Can't you  
> reserve that memory statically (e.g. a char buffer[SIZE]) and use an  
> arena allocator for your statically created container?  This goes for  
> any container, not just the unordered ones.  Just my $.02,

The usage I was thinking of was the container stored in an object that 
was used as a Meyer's singleton (i.e. function local static) that would 
not be accessed before main.

- Michael Marcin