Peter Dimov wrote:
Once C++14 becomes an official standard, it'd become possible for N3640 to be discussed and, hopefully, accepted;
Same goes for N3641, of course.
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2013/n3641.html
I tried it out for the first time. Actually, I tried out: auto buffer = boost::make_shared< unsigned char[] >( 1234 ); which created an appropriate: shared_ptr< unsigned char [0] > I was ok with that. I then peeked into all the values stored inside the counter object and even saw the size of the array stored there. I then tried to get the buffer length (in code) but hit a brick wall. int len = buffer.length; // doesn't exist int len = buffer.length(); // doesn't exist int len = buffer.capacity; // doesn't exist int len = buffer.capacity(); // doesn't exist int len = buffer.size; // doesn't exist int len = buffer.size(); // doesn't exist Unless I'm not using the object correctly, not being able to retrieve the array's capacity is a major oversight in my opinion. As a library developer, I want to be passed buffers in this fashion, and know how much data a buffer can hold. Having to guess is not what I was hoping for. Both Java and C# allow you to do this, so why not C++ buffers. -Sid