Subject: Re: [boost] How to get the size of an C-array?
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-15 15:18:17
Hi Mathias,
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From: "Mathias Gaunard" <mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] How to get the size of an C-array?
>
> vicente.botet wrote:
>
>> Can someone in this list explain why the standard don't allows to recover the number of elements allocated by new[]? What is the deep reason?
>
> I suppose the reason is to not introduce a distinction between types
> with destructors and types without.
>
> If this was to be provided, a meta-function to tell whether a type has a
> trivial destructor or not would be needed as well.
Sorry but I dont understand your pourpose. What types with destructors have to be with my question. Please could you clarify?
Thanks,
Vicente