From 17b49d86ad37a7103ef62043c61f6bc4743ac6e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Dimov <pdimov@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 03:10:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Mark `get_c_array` as deprecated

---
 include/boost/array.hpp | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/boost/array.hpp b/include/boost/array.hpp
index 82d759e..d046c40 100644
--- a/include/boost/array.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/array.hpp
@@ -374,8 +374,9 @@ namespace boost {
         x.swap(y);
     }
 
-// Specific for boost::array: simply returns its elems data member.
+    // undocumented and obsolete
     template <typename T, std::size_t N>
+    BOOST_DEPRECATED( "please use `elems` instead" )
     T(&get_c_array(boost::array<T,N>& arg))[N]
     {
         return arg.elems;
@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ namespace boost {
 
     // Const version.
     template <typename T, std::size_t N>
+    BOOST_DEPRECATED( "please use `elems` instead" )
     const T(&get_c_array(const boost::array<T,N>& arg))[N]
     {
         return arg.elems;