On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 6:30 PM Steve Hearnden <steve_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> My proposal was intended to allow Arthur’s sample to be written as below.
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> template<class T, size_t Cap>
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> class fixed_capacity_vector {
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> [[unconstructed]] T data_[ Cap];
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So it saves you exactly zero lines of code. What's the point? (Trick
question: There is no point. You don't need this feature.)


> T* data() { return data_; } // no cast necessary
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> const T* data() const { return const_cast<const T*>(data_); } //
> better cast - just a const_cast
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FYI, you don't need the const_cast either; the data members of a `const
fixed_capacity_vector` are themselves const already.

–Arthur