Hi Matthias,
From the documentation, it sounds like a devector is strictly superior to std::vector, as it offers a superset of functionality. It would be great if you could discuss a bit more the trade-offs, for example, in which cases a devector is inferior to a std::vector performance-wise.
This comparison makes most sense if the two containers are configured in a compatible way. That is, no internal buffer for devector and the same eponential growth of the buffer. In this senario one should expect std::vector to be superior by a very small constant factor for many operations (so there is /never/ any big-Oh advantage of std::vector). For example, to initialize a default std::vector, you need to initialize three data members, whereas the devector needs to initialize four data members. Similarly, devector sometimes needs to adjust two members instead of one. For many operations, I expect there will be very little difference, and as soon as you start using stuff that a devector can do efficiently, then devector code will perform much better. kind regards Thorsten