| -----Original Message----- | From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org | [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Neal Becker | Sent: 01 June 2005 13:34 | To: boost@lists.boost.org | Subject: [boost] Re: Boost Array Initialization Technique | | Loïc Joly wrote: | | I strongly disagree. Forcing initialization makes code that | is not useful | for high performance numerical processing. When we declare a | container of | 1000000 elements, we don't want to waste time initializing | each, unless we | want to. | | This is a serious defect in the current std::complex, IMHO. I agree - but that NOT initialising should be the exception - so there needs to be a way of saying "I really don't want this to be initialised". Paul Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB +44 1539 561830 +44 7714 330204 mailto: pbristow@hetp.u-net.com