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

Johan Råde wrote:

The following might be better:

"The array class is designed to be an aggregate and a POD type. Being an aggregate means that an array can be initialized with an initializer list as follows:

boost::array a = {{ 1, 2, 3 }};

Being a POD type ensure that such an initialization is done statically."

Currently the design rationale discusses the aggregate property but not the POD property. But both are important.

This has been a long and confused thread. I think much of the confusion has been caused by our failure, until today (thank you John), to realize that were two issies involved: aggregates and POD.

Thanks. The array docs need an update as soon as I get a little time spare to cover TR1 support as well. We should also note that array will be a POD so long as T is a POD ;¬) -- AlisdairM