From: rwgk (rwgk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-08 15:17:02
--- In boost_at_y..., "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_m...> wrote:
> Why would anyone want an uninitialized vector? One legitimate
reason is that
> you have an existing C-style library function 'f' that will
initialize it.
Of course purely for performance reasons.
> I don't see how the iterator interface can be used to achieve the
same
> effect. If the current vector interface is enough, why all this
talk about
> uninitialized values?
Consider
std::vector<double> > vec(10000000);
// here is an algorithm that fills vec with the result of
// some complex algorithm.
Doesn't it seem glaringly stupid that there is no way
of avoiding the initialization?
Ralf