Re: [Boost-users] Safe way to allocate block of memory

-----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users- bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Torri Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 11:53 PM To: boost Subject: [Boost-users] Safe way to allocate block of memory

I am trying to create a class which I can use to safely allocate a block of bytes.

My present method is create a block via 'new char[size]' and store this pointer in a class.

I was wondering if there was a boost method for creating an array of bytes?

[Nat] Have you tried using a std::vector<unsigned char>? You can get a pointer to the first byte in the vector by &myVector[0]. Then std::vector takes care of all the rest for you -- including allocation, cleanup and the STL container support.