From: Christopher Kohlhoff (chris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-31 16:59:10
Hi Alisdair,
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:56:12 +0000 (UTC), "AlisdairM"
<alisdair.meredith_at_[hidden]> said:
> Christopher Kohlhoff wrote:
>
> > It doesn't? I was under the impression that array<T> only required
> > that T be CopyConstructible, unlike vector<T> which also requires T be
> > Assignable.
>
> The basic problem is that the following is not legal C++:
>
> strict bad { const int x; };
>
> If a class contains const non-static members, they must have a
> user-declared default constructor, so this basically rules out PODs or
> any type with trivial default constructor.
>
> It is annoying, because even though 'bad' looks safe to use with
> aggregate initialization, it is not allowed.
Hmmm, weird. Do you happen to have the relevant section number in the
standard handy?
Cheers,
Chris