Question about the requirements of std::vector

[cdiggins]

I have been having a debate with my colleagues. They are claiming that:


"The standard specifies that &v[0] for a vector must give a
contiguous array that can be used by a function expecting
a C-style array."

I have searched the standard but I can not substantiate their claim
(and nor can they), and I believe it to be false. Can anyone point me
to where in the standard that is specified?

Thank you very much in advance,

Christopher Diggins
http://www.cdiggins.com - Home page
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[Carl Barron]

I have been having a debate with my colleagues. They are claiming that:


"The standard specifies that &v[0] for a vector must give a
contiguous array that can be used by a function expecting
a C-style array."

I have searched the standard but I can not substantiate their claim
(and nor can they), and I believe it to be false. Can anyone point me
to where in the standard that is specified?

Thank you very much in advance,

Christopher Diggins
http://www.cdiggins.com - Home page
http://www.cpp-cookbook.com - C++ Cookbook

it is true that the data of vector is continguous, it has been made so
by correction in the current draft of the standard [N1804=05-0064].
It was not specified in the original C++98.

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[int2str]

I have been having a debate with my colleagues. They are claiming that:

"The standard specifies that &v[0] for a vector must give a
contiguous array that can be used by a function expecting
a C-style array."

I have searched the standard but I can not substantiate their claim
(and nor can they), and I believe it to be false. Can anyone point me
to where in the standard that is specified?

23.2.4 para 1 might help:

"The elements of a vector are stored contiguously, meaning that if v is
a vector<T, Allocator> where T is some type other than bool, then it
obeys the identity &v[n] == &v[0] + n for all 0 <= n < v.size().


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[red floyd]

I have been having a debate with my colleagues. They are claiming that:


"The standard specifies that &v[0] for a vector must give a
contiguous array that can be used by a function expecting
a C-style array."

I have searched the standard but I can not substantiate their claim
(and nor can they), and I believe it to be false. Can anyone point me
to where in the standard that is specified?

I believe it was corrected in TC1.

23.2.4/1:
.... "The elements of a vector are stored contiguously, meaning that if
v is a vector<T, Allocator>, where T is some type other than bool, then
it obeys the identity &v[n] == &v[0] + n for all 0 <= n < v.size()."

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