Re: [boost] static_vector using aligned_storage

Subject: Re: [boost] static_vector using aligned_storage
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-12 19:30:42

On Dec 12, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Olaf van der Spek <ml_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Nevin Liber <nevin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Another possible solution is to fall back on an allocator if there isn't
>> enough room in the embedded storage.  The signature would be something like
>> 
>> static_vector<T, N, A = std::allocator<T>>
>> 
>> And you could provide null_allocator_assert and null_allocator_throw as
>> options (or make one of those the default), as it is now the responsibility
>> of the allocator, not static_vector, to throw or not throw.
> 
> That'd make it more like a hybrid_vector, but it's certainly a good idea.
> It's like a string with a small string optimization.

To me, that's a different container.

-- Marshall

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