Re: [Boost-users] [Multi_Array] distiontion be tween views, array_view, sub_array_view etc.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-29 09:59:29

"Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Now I see this:
>
> namespace boost {
>   namespace multi_array_types {
>     typedef *implementation-defined* index;
>
> An I have no idea what *implementation-defined* is.  I could be defined
> by the compiler, standard libary implementation or it could be set by
> my own array instantiation. (This might be be related to a warning I
> get regarding unsigned int vs size_t when I use the library)  Anyway
> its not at all clear to me.

Yes, that should either be an explicit type (that's what
implementation-defined means, after all, since we're supplyin an
implementation) or it should read something like "unspecified integral
type" if we really mean to leave it unspecified.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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