Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3168: Request for boost::array::fill(const T&), following C++0x

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3168: Request for boost::array::fill(const T&), following C++0x
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-20 13:28:14

#3168: Request for boost::array::fill(const T&), following C++0x
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 Reporter:  niels_dekker      |       Owner:  steven_watanabe
     Type:  Feature Requests  |      Status:  assigned       
Milestone:  Boost 1.40.0      |   Component:  array          
  Version:  Boost 1.39.0      |    Severity:  Problem        
 Keywords:                    |  
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Comment(by steven_watanabe):

 Replying to [comment:3 niels_dekker]:
 > Thanks for assigning the ticket, Steven. Clearly, the intention of the
 ticket is to keep ''boost::array'' in sync with ''std::array'' from C++0x.
 Only after submitting the ticket, I realized that none of the other STL
 containers has a ''fill'' member function. And it isn't really clear to me
 why ''std::array'' has one. (I might as well use the range-based ''fill''
 algorithm instead.) What do you think?

 On the other hand, the other standard containers have a

 {{{
 void assign(size_type n, const T& u);
 }}}

 fill is the equivalent for array since the size of
 an array is fixed.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3168#comment:4>
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