Re: [Boost-users] [array] VC++ 7.1 bug and a proposed fix

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-08 07:53:14

Johan Råde wrote:

> John Maddock wrote:

>> That one is problematic as it really would make the array a non-POD
>> so initialisation would occur during the dynamic phase rather than
>> the static phase.

The compiler is allowed to statically initialize anything it can, and in 
this case VC 7.1 does.

>>  IMO that would be a deal braker :-(

We aren't actually testing static array initialization, are we? How do we 
know that it works at all? :-)

> So an array class with a non-template assignment op
> is an aggregate but is not a POD.
> This language sometimes drives me nuts ;-)

Non-POD aggregates are common, consider

struct X
{
    std::string a, b;
};

X x = { "a", "b" };