Dear GSoC Mentors, I'd like to apply for the project #5: "Enhanced vector and deque containers" and I'd like to get more specific information about the programming competency test for this project. Some good questions are already asked by Sandilya Jandhyala just about few letters ago and I would be more than happy to receive the answers too. But I still have some questions I would like to ask. I just want to be sure and precise about some assumptions I made while writing the code. 1. Is it necessary to use Boost Library dependencies and to rely on it than using C++ standard library and leaving the actual container code independent from external libraries? 2. How important is that my custom vector behaves exactly like the original std::vector? Some scenarios would seem strange if I would always try to handle them exactly like std::vector does, because the container's capacity should be constant (if I am correct about this, judging by "push_back throws when the buffer is full"). I would more than happy to get a feedback! Besides, should the proposal be sent directly to Google Melange alongside with programming competency test code or is it preferable to send a proposal to the community in advance to let you see what I've done so far? Best regards, Kirill Bobyrev