Re: pair STL query
In message <1152529447.441418.77550@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
sonison.james@gmail.com writes
[Please don't top-post. Rearranged]
onkar wrote:
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(void){
const pair<const char*,const char*> arr[]={
pair<const char*,const char*>("1","1"),
pair<const char*,const char*>("12","12"),
pair<const char*,const char*>("123","123"),
pair<const char*,const char*>("1234","1234"),
pair<const char*,const char*>("12345","12345"),
};
cout<<sizeof(char)<<endl;
cout<<sizeof(arr[0])<<endl;
cout<<sizeof arr<<endl;
cout<<sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0])<<endl;
return 0;
}
gives me :
1
8 <- ????? Why ????
40
5
sizeof of STL containers does not return the size of the contained
object - sizeof vector<char> containg 100 chars is not 100.
std::pair isn't a "container" the way vector is. It's just a templated
2-element structure.
You need to
check your STL implementation of pair to see why it is returning 8.
What would you expect the size of the following to be?
struct {
const char * first;
const char * second;
};
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