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On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 at 14:07, Frederick Virchanza Gotham via Std-Proposals <
std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I use source code management systems like Git and SVN, and so when I'm
> making a code change, it's nice when the diff is minimal.
>
> If I have a C-style array, I can do the following:
>
> SomeType const arr[] = {
> something1,
> something2,
> something3,
> };
>
> Let's say my colleague adds a line between something1 and something2,
> while simultaneously I add three lines between something3 and something4.
> There won't be a clash when we try to push to the remote repository. But
> let's say it was:
>
> array<SomeType,3u> = {
> something1,
> something2,
> something3,
> };
>
> My colleague wants to change that first line to "array<SomeType,4u>",
> while I want to change it to "array<SomeType,6u>".
>
> And even if we don't have two or more people working on the same code
> base, it's just plain convenient not to have to write the size of the array.
>
> Can we devise a way of making the following possible:
>
> array<SomeType> = {
> something1,
> something2,
> something3,
> };
>
> Perhaps something along the lines of:
>
> template<typename T, std::size_t len>
> class array {
> array(std::initializer_list<T> list -> len);
> };
>
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