Re: Assertion failure with multi-dimensional array and std::transform

From:
Ulrich Eckhardt <eckhardt@satorlaser.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.stl
Date:
Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:48:49 +0100
Message-ID:
<hgjab4-dvd.ln1@satorlaser.homedns.org>
tron.thomas@verizon.net wrote:

Debug Assertion Failed!

Program: ...
File: c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\xutility
Line: 3348

Expression: ("_Current + _Off <= _Size && _Current + _Off >= 0", 0)


[...]

    typedef float Matrix[4][4];

    Matrix first =
    {
        {1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f},
        {1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f},
        {1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f},
        {1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f}
    };

    Matrix second =
    {
        {1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f},
        {1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f},
        {1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f},
        {1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f}
    };

    float* begin = first[0];
    float* end = begin + (sizeof(first) / sizeof(*begin));

    std::transform(begin, end, second[0], begin, std::plus<float>());


second[0] is a float[4], which std::transform detects and then refuses to
write to indices 4-15. IMHO, your program is flawed. It assumes that the
four arrays inside a Matrix are arranged like a single, flat array, but I
think the compiler is allowed to insert padding after each array.

I would suggest a different approach, using a class type instead of a mere
typedef. In fact I'd take a look at Boost's fixed-size array wrappers and
derive from those privately. You can then reuse things like begin()/end()
and iterators from the baseclass and add e.g. an operator[] that allows
access to the rows.

Uli

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