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From: Faisal Vali <faisalv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Why is std::array an aggregate?
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On Dec 19, 12:55 am, James Kanze <james.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 18, 9:00 pm, Scott Meyers <NeverR...@aristeia.com> wrote:
<snip>
>  (It still needs a
> mechanism for the number of elements to be determined,
> statically, from the initialization list, in order to be truly
> useful.)
>

I couldn't agree with you more - if only the following was allowed
with initializer lists, references to arrays, and aggregates:

template<class T, int N> std::array<T,N> array(const T (&arr)[N])
{
  return arr;
}

auto a = array({1,2,3,4});

regards,
Faisal Vali
Radiation Oncology
Loyola


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