Re: [boost] Stack-based vector container

Subject: Re: [boost] Stack-based vector container
From: Domagoj Saric (dsaritz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-25 18:14:53

"Emil Dotchevski" <emildotchevski_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Thorsten Ottosen <nesotto_at_[hidden]> 
> wrote:
>> As for the conjectured extra indirection, then I'm not sure it can become
>> any major performance problem, nor do I see how one can avoid it when we
>> need to go for the heap in certain cases.
>
> Clearly the extra indirection is the only potential problem, otherwise
> a stack-based vector implementation could probably be replaced by a
> stack-based std::vector allocator.

I don't see that 'clearly'...the most pronounced effect/issue is highly 
dependent on the use case and the software and hardware environment...

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