diff --git a/include/boost/array.hpp b/include/boost/array.hpp
index 6496469..7df2771 100644
--- a/include/boost/array.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/array.hpp
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
  *
  * 10 Mar 2010 - (mtc) fill method added, matching resolution of the standard library working group.
- *		See <http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/lwg-defects.html#776> or Trac issue #3168
- *		Eventually, we should remove "assign" which is now a synonym for "fill" (Marshall Clow)
+ *      See <http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/lwg-defects.html#776> or Trac issue #3168
+ *      Eventually, we should remove "assign" which is now a synonym for "fill" (Marshall Clow)
  * 10 Mar 2010 - added workaround for SUNCC and !STLPort [trac #3893] (Marshall Clow)
  * 29 Jan 2004 - c_array() added, BOOST_NO_PRIVATE_IN_AGGREGATE removed (Nico Josuttis)
  * 23 Aug 2002 - fix for Non-MSVC compilers combined with MSVC libraries.
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ namespace boost {
         }
 
         // assign one value to all elements
-        void assign (const T& value) { fill ( value ); }	// A synonym for fill
+        void assign (const T& value) { fill ( value ); }    // A synonym for fill
         void fill   (const T& value)
         {
             std::fill_n(begin(),size(),value);
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ namespace boost {
 
         // assign one value to all elements
         void assign (const T& value) { fill ( value ); }
-		void fill   (const T& ) {}
-		
+        void fill   (const T& ) {}
+        
         // check range (may be private because it is static)
         static reference failed_rangecheck () {
                 std::out_of_range e("attempt to access element of an empty array");
@@ -346,6 +346,38 @@ namespace boost {
         x.swap(y);
     }
 
+    // Specific for boost::array: simply returns its elems data member.
+    template <typename T, std::size_t N>
+    T(&get_c_array(boost::array<T,N>& arg))[N]
+    {
+        return arg.elems;
+    }
+    
+    // Const version.
+    template <typename T, std::size_t N>
+    const T(&get_c_array(const boost::array<T,N>& arg))[N]
+    {
+        return arg.elems;
+    }
+
+#if 0
+    // Overload for std::array, assuming that std::array will have
+    // explicit conversion functions as discussed at the WG21 meeting
+    // in Summit, March 2009.
+    template <typename T, std::size_t N>
+    T(&get_c_array(std::array<T,N>& arg))[N]
+    {
+        return static_cast<T(&)[N]>(arg);
+    }
+    
+    // Const version.
+    template <typename T, std::size_t N>
+    const T(&get_c_array(const std::array<T,N>& arg))[N]
+    {
+        return static_cast<T(&)[N]>(arg);
+    }
+#endif
+
 } /* namespace boost */
 
 
diff --git a/test/array2.cpp b/test/array2.cpp
index abbc745..1c8ccf8 100644
--- a/test/array2.cpp
+++ b/test/array2.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
  * http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
  */
 
+#ifndef _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+// Suppress warnings from the std lib:
+#  define _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+#endif
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <functional>
 #include <boost/array.hpp>