On Thursday 08 July 2010 23:48:06 Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > On 07/09/2010 01:28 AM, Sean Kelly wrote: > > On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:25 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > >>> Also added specialization of Array for bool that stores one bit > >>> per element. > >> > >> _Please_ tell me that's optional in some manner. I don't know > >> _anyone_ who uses vector<bool> in C++ _precisely_ because of this > >> optimization. > > > > Looks like this optimization is largely invisible to the user, unlike > > vector<bool>, and intended largely for space saving. If you want a > > plain old BitArray there's one in std.bitmanip. > > Yah. The issues are subtle, I plan to write an entire article about them.
I'll definitely be looking forward to that article. > > Andrei > > P.S. Nice going on stackoverflow.com, Jonathan. Thanks! - Jonathan M Davis _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
