Re: [boost] generict container for structure of arrays

Bradford, Chase wrote:

int main() { typedef basic_soa<std::string, boost::variant<int, float> > MySoa;

MySoa s;

// Make internal vectors hold 100 elements. s.resize(100);

// Create a fields named x and y. This sort of makes the object a // container of 2D points. s.add_field<float>("x"); s.add_field<float>("y");

fill( s.field<float>("x").begin(), s.field<float>("x").end(), rand); fill( s.field<float>("y").begin(), s.field<float>("y").end(), rand);

If I understand your example correctly, it's quite similar to a std::(unordered_)map<Key, std::vector<Value> >.