> No, I am not. I cannot find the information on the C++ faq right now, > but If m pretty sure that it is written in the book of Stroustrup. >
Of course, once I press the send button, I find the relevant webpage: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/3rd_tour2.pdf (page 9 of the pdf) "3.7.2 Range Checking The standard library vector does not provide range checking by default (§16.3.3). [...] The at() operation is a vector subscript operation that throws an exception of type o ut _o f_ range if its argument is out of the v ec to r's range (§16.3.3). """