"Christopher Jefferson" <chris@bubblescope.net> wrote in message news:C656C64C-8E00-4D67-ACE1-6A95B9A65281@bubblescope.net...
I find most modern compilers do not have issues with calling end() repeatedly, or push_back().
push_back() is a possibly-new-calling/possibly-throwing 'fat function', in which way do you mean that modern compilers 'do not have issues' with it? And could you please name such a compiler...
Also it is unclear if operator[] or iterators are more efficient.
You know of a (real) use case where indexed based access is faster than pointer based? -- "What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate." Neil Postman