Re: [boost] Holding char arrays in boost variants, what is the correct way?

Subject: Re: [boost] Holding char arrays in boost variants, what is the correct way?
From: Krzysztof Czainski (1czajnik_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-06-14 12:04:16

2011/6/14 Michael Goldshteyn <mgoldshteyn_at_[hidden]>

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> "Krzysztof Czainski"  wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>> I don't have an answer to your question, but I have two aside questions:
>> 1) Why didn't you try variant<int,char[MAX_LEN]> in the first place? (I
>> don't know if it should work or not)
>> 2) Why not variant<int,vector<char> >?
>>
>
> 1) doesn't work
> 2) is an idea, but I was hoping to avoid dynamic allocation in cases where
> I know the max size
>
> Michael Goldshteyn
>
> Have you looked at boost::array?

Kris