christopher diggins <cdiggins@videotron.ca> writes:
I stated that far too strongly, sorry. My reasoning is that the implementation and interface of a numerical array could be optimized versus a general array. I would not design numerical arrays and general purpose arrays in the same way. For instance I would design a general purpose array to be default initialized, while I would permit a numerical array to be non-initialized. However, this is all moot because it is now perfectly clear to me that Boost.Array has the mandate to be as much like a built-in array as possible. Even if I do not particularly like that decision choice it is of course an acceptable choice to make. Making it a pseudo-container on the other hand is in my opinion a very big mistake.
What use is it if you don't make it a pseudo-container? I mean, why not just use built-in arrays in that case? -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com