Re: CArray

From:
Dan Bloomquist <public21@lakeweb.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:04:27 GMT
Message-ID:
<fkeYi.20466$B25.7581@news01.roc.ny>
David Webber wrote:

"Giovanni Dicanio" <giovanni.dicanio@invalid.it> wrote in message
news:efai7qvHIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

Dave: you correctly answered OP's question, which asked about CArray.

What I don't like about CArray, is the fact that I need to write copy
ctor and operator=.


I write a copy constructor and an = operator for just about every class
I write as a matter of course. Even if not strictly needed. OK I
confess I'm a control freak :-)


I hate when I have to! :)

class CMyArray1 :: std::vector< CString >
{
}


I use to do this, still have an instance. But if it comes down to
wrapping a container:

class MyClass
(
    //usually from a typedef
    std::container< MyObj > obj

....
public:
    (all the container interface below)
};

And the interface will look a lot like MFC with caps:

At(), Get(), Size(), and: Begin(), End()//which returns an iterator,
typically constant!

The idea is that the container is contained, it can't be misused and it
can be checked anyway I could think I would miss use it in debug build.
Just as if I would write for other users. Even in release it will return
'UNKNOWN' in some instances. So much cooler than a crash. It is not that
big a deal and it has made my debugging/release life so much easier.

Best, Dan.

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