Re: [Boost-users] [scoped_array] and boost::begin()

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [scoped_array] and boost::begin()
From: Robert Jones (robertgbjones_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-21 09:21:47

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> AMDG
>
> Robert Jones wrote:
>
>> I am shocked to discover that boost::begin() etc, does not seem to
>> work for boost::scoped_array.
>>
>> Is there a reason for this?
>>
>>
>
> How would boost::end be implemented?
> boost::scoped_array doesn't know the size of the array.

Quite. So there would seem to be quite a bit of benefit to having
scoped_array hold its
own size. I guess the objection might be that it makes scoped_array bigger
than a c-array,
but the difference is pretty small.

- Rob.