Re: [boost] Proposal: Monotonic Containers

Subject: Re: [boost] Proposal: Monotonic Containers
From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-10 17:16:27

Christopher Jefferson skrev:
> 
> On 9 Jun 2009, at 17:14, Christian Schladetsch wrote:
> 
>> Hi Andrew:
>>
>> Maybe yes, maybe no. My understanding of the allocators was that they 
>> were
>>> originally used to abstract differences in pointer types like __far and
>>> __huge pointers. Their usage has become substantially more complex and
>>> varied since then.
>>
>>
>>
>> If STL containers cannot be made by any means to use the stack for 
>> storage
>> then we need a new set of containers.
> 

> There is no issue with using stack storage for containers -- I do it 
> regularly. 

Do you also do it for non-local containers?

-Thorsten