Re: [boost] Interest check: container with preallocated buffer

Subject: Re: [boost] Interest check: container with preallocated buffer
From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-18 09:05:07

Dmitry Vinogradov skrev:
> Boost.Array offers constant size container with preallocated buffer, 
> Boost.Optional provides from zero to one element. There are no STL 
> container with preallocated buffer and it seems custom allocator does 
> not help to do this with existing containers.
> 
> Does any container exist to offer functionality like Boost.Array but 
> allowing to store from 0 to N elements? Is there any interest in such 
> container?
> 
> PS. It's similar to fixed_string but as a generic container.

Please see

http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/auto_buffer.zip

http://www.cs.aau.dk/~nesotto/boost/trunk/libs/auto_buffer/doc/html/

-Thorsten