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<td BGCOLOR="#DDDDDD"><b><font face="Arial,helvetica" color="#000000" size="+1">Class
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<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array</font>, an STL Container (as
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<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array</font>, an STL Container (as
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Wrapper) for Arrays of Constant Size</font></b></td>
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<p><font size="-1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[<a href="#intro">intro</a>]
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[<a href="#interface">interface</a>] [<a href="#discussion">discussion</a>]
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[<a href="#code">code</a>]</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a name="intro"></a>The
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C++ Standard Template Library STL as part of the C++ Standard Library provides
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a framework for processing algorithms on different kind of containers. However,
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ordinary arrays don't provide the interface of STL containers (although, they
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provide the iterator interface of STL containers).</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">As replacement for ordinary
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arrays, the STL provides class <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">vector<></font>.
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However, <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">vector<></font> provides
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the semantics of dynamic arrays. Thus, it manages data to be able to change
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the number of elements. This results in some overhead in case only arrays with
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static size are needed.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">In his book, <i>Generic
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Programming and the STL</i>, Matthew H. Austern introduces a useful wrapper
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class for ordinary arrays with static size, called <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><b>block</b></font>.
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It is safer and has no worse performance than ordinary arrays. In <i>The C++
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Programming Language</i>, 3rd edition, Bjarne Stroustrup introduces a similar
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class, called <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><b>c_array</b></font>,
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which I (<a href="http://www.josuttis.com">Nicolai Josuttis</a>) present slightly
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modified in my book <i>The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference</i>,
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called <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><b>carray</b></font>. This is
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the essence of these approaches spiced with many feedback from <a href="http://www.boost.org">boost</a>.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">After considering different
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names, we decided to name this class simply <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><b>array</b></font>.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a name="interface"></a>The
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class provides the following interface:</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The C++ Standard Template
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Library STL as part of the C++ Standard Library provides a framework for
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processing algorithms on different kind of containers. However, ordinary arrays
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don't provide the interface of STL containers (although, they provide the
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iterator interface of STL containers).</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">As replacement for
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ordinary arrays, the STL provides class <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">vector<></font>.
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However, <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">vector<></font> provides
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the semantics of dynamic arrays. Thus, it manages data to be able to change the
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number of elements. This results in some overhead in case only arrays with
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static size are needed.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">In his book, <i>Generic
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Programming and the STL</i>, Matthew H. Austern introduces a useful wrapper
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class for ordinary arrays with static size, called <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><b>block</b></font>.
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It is safer and has no worse performance than ordinary arrays. In <i>The C++
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Programming Language</i>, 3rd edition, Bjarne Stroustrup introduces a similar
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class, called <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><b>c_array</b></font>,
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which I (<a href="http://www.josuttis.com">Nicolai Josuttis</a>) present
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slightly modified in my book <i>The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and
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Reference</i>, called <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><b>carray</b></font>.
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This is the essence of these approaches spiced with many feedback from <a href="http://www.boost.org">boost</a>.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">After considering
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different names, we decided to name this class simply <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><b>array</b></font>.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The class provides the
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following interface:</font>
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<td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Types:</b></font></td>
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<td><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="-1">iterator</font></td>
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considers elements as being constant</font></td>
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<td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">type of element reference
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<td><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">default constructor,
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creates array of <i><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">num</font></i>
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element of <i><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">type</font></i>, see
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element of <i><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">type</font></i>, see
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copies all elements of <i><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">a</font></i>
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time</font></td>
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compile time</font></td>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><a name="discussion"></a>Class
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array fulfills most but not all of the requirements of "reversible containers"
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(see Section 23.1, [lib.container.requirements] of the C++ Standard). The reasons
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array is not an reversible STL container is because: </font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
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- No constructors are provided<br>
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- Elements may have an indetermined initial value (see below)<br>
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- The container provides no allocator support</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">It doesn't fulfill the
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requirements of a "sequence" (see Section 23.1.1, [lib.sequence.reqmts]
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of the C++ Standard), except that</font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
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- front() and back() are provided<br>
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- operator[] and at() are provided</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Regarding the constructors
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there was an important design tradeoff: We could implement array as an "<b>aggregate</b>"
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(see Section 8.5.1, [dcl.init.aggr], of the C++ Standard). This would mean:</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Class array fulfills most
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but not all of the requirements of "reversible containers" (see
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Section 23.1, [lib.container.requirements] of the C++ Standard). The reasons
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array is not an reversible STL container is because:</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
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- No constructors are provided<br>
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- Elements may have an indetermined initial value (see below)<br>
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- swap() has no constant complexity<br>
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- size() is always constant, based on the second template argument of the type<br>
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- The container provides no allocator support</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">It doesn't fulfill the
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requirements of a "sequence" (see Section 23.1.1, [lib.sequence.reqmts]
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of the C++ Standard), except that</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
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- front() and back() are provided<br>
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- operator[] and at() are provided</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Regarding the
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constructors there was an important design tradeoff: We could implement array as
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an "<b>aggregate</b>" (see Section 8.5.1, [dcl.init.aggr], of the C++
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Standard). This would mean:</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">An array can be initialized
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with a brace-enclosing, comma-separated list of initializers for the elements
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of the container, written in increasing subscript order:</font>
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<blockquote>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">boost::array<int,4>
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a = { { 1, 2, 3 } };</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">An array can be
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initialized with a brace-enclosing, comma-separated list of initializers for
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the elements of the container, written in increasing subscript order:</font>
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<blockquote>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">boost::array<int,4>
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a = { { 1, 2, 3 } };</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Note that if there
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are fewer elements in the initializer list, then each remaining element
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gets default-initialized (thus, it has a defined value).</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Note that if there
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are fewer elements in the initializer list, then each remaining element gets
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default-initialized (thus, it has a defined value).</font></p>
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</li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">However, <b>passing
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no initializer list means that the elements have an indetermined initial value</b>.</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">It has no user-declared
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constructors.</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">It has no private or
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">However, <b>passing no
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initializer list means that the elements have an indetermined initial value</b>.</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">It has no
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user-declared constructors.</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">It has no private or
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protected non-static data members.</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">It has no base classes.</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">It has no virtual functions.</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">It has no base
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classes.</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">It has no virtual
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functions.</font></li>
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</ul>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The current implementation
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uses this approach. However, being able to have indeterminate initial values
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is a big drawback. So, please give me some feedback, how useful you consider
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this feature to be. This leads to the list of <b>Open issues:</b></font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The current
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implementation useus this approach. However, being able to have indetermined
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initial values is a big drawback. So, please give me some feedback, how useful
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you consider this feature to be. This leads to the list of <b>Open issues:</b></font>
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<ul>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Do we want initializer
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list support or would the following be OK?:</font>
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<blockquote>
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<p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="-1">int data[] = { 1, 2,
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3, 4 }</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="-1">array<int,5>
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x(data); <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">or </font> array<int,data>
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x;</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do we want initializer list
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support or would the following be OK?:</font>
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<blockquote>
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<p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">int data[] = { 1, 2, 3, 4 }</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array<int,5> x(data); <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">or
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</font> array<int,data> x;</font></p>
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Could "<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">{
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</font>...<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"> }</font>" be used
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portably instead of "<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">{ { </font>...<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">
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} }</font>" to initialize values?</font> </li>
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<blockquote>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.5.1 (11) of the Standard
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seems to allow it; however, gcc 2.95.2 prints a warning message.</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Could "<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">{
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</font>...<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"> }</font>" be used
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portably instead of "<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">{ { </font>...<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">
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} }</font>" to initialize values?</font></li>
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<blockquote>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">8.5.1 (11) of the Standard seem
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to allow it; however, gcc 2.95.2 printa warning message.</font></p>
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</blockquote>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Any way to have determinate
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Any way to have determined
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initial values and initializer list support?</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Static_casts for reverse
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iterator stuff?</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Static_casts for reverse
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iterator stuff</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">?</font></li>
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</ul>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">I'd appreciate any constructive
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<a href="mailto:solutions@josuttis.com">feedback</a>. <b>Please note: I don't
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have time to read all boost mails. Thus, to make sure that feedback arrives
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me, please send me a copy of each mail regarding this class.</b></font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a name="code"></a>The code is provided
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"as is" without expressed or implied warranty.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>array.hpp</b>, the implementation
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of <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array<></font><b>:</b> </font>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<a href="array.hpp.html">as HTML file</a></font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<a href="../../boost/array.hpp">as plain file</a></font></li>
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<p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Simple Example for using <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array<><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></font></font>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<a href="array1.cpp.html">as HTML file</a></font> </li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<a href="array1.cpp">as plain file</a></font></li>
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<p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Another Example for using <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array<><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></font></font>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<a href="array2.cpp.html">as HTML file</a></font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<a href="array2.cpp">as plain file</a></font></li>
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<p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A third Example for using <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array<><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></font></font>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<a href="array3.cpp.html">as HTML file</a></font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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<a href="array3.cpp">as plain file</a></font></li>
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<p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">An Example for using <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array</font>s
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of <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array</font>s<font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></font></font>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="array4.cpp.html">as HTML
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file</a></font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="array4.cpp">as plain file</a></font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">An Example for testing other operations
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of <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array<></font><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></font></font>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="array5.cpp.html">as HTML
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file</a></font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="array5.cpp">as plain file</a></font></li>
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<p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">All files</font></b>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="array.zip">as ZIP file
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Simple Example for using <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array<><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></font></font>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="array1.cpp.html">as HTML file</a></font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Another Example for using <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array<><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></font></font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A third Example for using <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array<><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">:</font></font></font>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="array3.cpp.html">as HTML file</a></font>
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<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">An Example for using <font face="Courier New, Courier, mono">array</font>s
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