Re: constructing const vectors
On Fri, 02 May 2008 11:24:55 +0100, Dan Smithers wrote:
Is there a way of specifying the contents of a vector in the constructor
when the elements are not identical?
I would like to be able to construct a static const vector that contains
pre-determined values.
class CFoo
{
static const std::vector<int> m_foo;
static const int *const m_bar;
...
};
const std::vector<int> CFoo::m_foo({1, 2, 3});
const int *const CFoo::m_bar = {10, 20, 30};
As I want a static member, it needs to be all done through the
constructor.
std::vector has a constructor that takes a range (i.e. a first and last
iterator) as parameters. These iterators can be pointers, so I suppose
you could use that. Eg.:
#include<vector>
int main()
{
const int a[] = {10,20,30};
const int* const p = a;
const std::vector<int> v(p,p+3);
}
works as expected.
Would it be easier just to declare a const array as in m_bar?
Only you know the answer to that.
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