Re: [Boost-users] initializing dynamic_bitsets

From: Dave Steffen (dgsteffen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-15 10:50:31

Daniel Krügler writes:
 > Dave Steffen wrote:
 > > Folks,
 > > 
 > > I used dynamic_bitset for the first time last night - nifty! I am
 > > curious, though, about how to construct a bitset of all 1's.  Right
 > > now I'm doing this:
 > > 
 > > dynamic_bitset foo(n);
 > > foo.set();
 > > 
 > > Is there a more efficient way to generate a bitset will all bits set?
 > > 
 > > Thanks very much!
 > 
 > boost::dynamic_bitset strongly matches the interface of
 > std::bitset, this is probably the reason for the non-existence of a
 > constructor allowing to set an initial value for each element.

 Never having used std::bitset, I sort of assumed that such a
 constructor would exist.  :-)  I like your proposal for an additional
 ctor for both sorts of bitset.

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