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

Subject: Re: [boost] [utility] new auto_buffer class --- RFC
From: Frank Mori Hess (fmhess_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-03 07:39:31

On Tuesday 03 March 2009, Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> Steven Watanabe skrev:
> > AMDG
> >
> > Thorsten Ottosen wrote:

> >> I don't know. I just stay clear of it. The point is that we don't
> >> want inexperienced users to use an O(n) swap accidently.
> >
> > Please define n.
>
> n would be c.size()

n needs to be stack capacity if you want to call it O(n) swap.  If n is 
size(), then swap becomes O(1) since once you get large enough to fall 
back on dynamic allocation you can just swap the pointers.