Re: [boost] Proposal: boost::make_array()

Subject: Re: [boost] Proposal: boost::make_array()
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-01-13 15:42:32

On Jan 12, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Yves Bailly <yves.bailly_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Greetings Kyle,
> 
> On 01/12/2013 05:45 PM, Kyle Lutz wrote:
>> I'd like to propose a new function for the Boost Array library named
>> make_array(). The function constructs a fixed size array given N arguments
>> and is similar to the make_pair() and make_tuple() functions.
>> [...]
>> The code is available on github at https://github.com/kylelutz/make_array
> 
> Sorry if it's a genuine question... But in the case of C++11, wouldn't it be
> simpler to use an expansion instead of the "push_array" function? Something
> like this:

In C++11, you can just use an initializer list:

        boost::array<int, 5> {{ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 }};

-- Marshall

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