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

Subject: Re: [boost] Interest check: container with preallocated buffer
From: Ross Levine (ross.levine_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-19 15:39:40

What would be REALLY nice, is if there was an auto_vector and an auto_set
and an auto_map, etc. If anyone has looked into EASTL, they have various
fixed_ containers that work this way.
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2271.html#Functionality

I think this is a great idea, personally.

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Thorsten Ottosen <
thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> 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
>
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