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

Subject: Re: [boost] [utility] new auto_buffer class --- RFC
From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-02 10:13:15

Mathias Gaunard skrev:
> Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> 
>> Well, AFAIK, they are very similar. You set the capacity once when you 
>> initialize am object:
>>
>>   boost::auto_buffer<T> buffer( get_max_capacity_from_somewhere() );
>>
>> isn't that exactly what you do with VLAs?
> 
> With VLAs, the buffer is on the stack whatever the capacity. With 
> auto_buffer, the buffer is on the stack only if the capacity is smaller 
> than N (which you define to be 256 by default).

Yes. I'm talking about the conceptual behavior of the class.

-Thorsten