Re: [boost] [utility] new auto_buffer class --- RFC

Subject: Re: [boost] [utility] new auto_buffer class --- RFC
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-01 23:55:34

AMDG

Mathias Gaunard wrote:
> Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
>> Basically boost::auto_buffer<T,N> is a C++ version of variable lenght 
>> array (from C99).
>
> N is known at compile-time.
> Thus I do not see how it is related to C99 VLAs at all.

N is not the number of elements in the container.  N controls how much
stack storage is allocated.  The number of elements is dynamic.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe