Title
std::array overview container requirements are incorrect
Status
new
Section
[array.overview][container.requirements.general]
Submitter
Nevin Liber & Christian Trott

Created on 2019-06-13.00:00:00 last changed 31 months ago

Messages

Date: 2022-04-24.18:47:34

Proposed resolution:

This wording is relative to N4910.

  1. Modify [container.reqmts] as indicated:

    X u;
    X u = X();
    

    -10- Postconditions: !u.empty() for array<T, N> where 0 < N, and u.empty() for all other standard containers.

    -11- Complexity: ConstantLinear for array<T, N> where 0 < N and constant for all other standard containers.

    […]
    X u(rv);
    X u = rv;
    

    -15- Postconditions: u is equal to the value that rv had before this construction.

    -11- Complexity: Linear for array<T, N> where 0 < N and constant for all other standard containers.

    […]
    a.swap(b)
    

    -45- Result: void

    -46- Effects: Exchanges the contents of a and b.

    -47- Complexity: Linear for array<T, N> where 0 < N and constant for all other standard containers.

  2. Modify [array.overview] as indicated:

    -2- An array is an aggregate ([dcl.init.aggr]) that can be list-initialized with up to N elements whose types are convertible to T.

    -3- An array<T, 0> meets all of the requirements of a container ([container.reqmts]) and of a reversible container ([container.rev.reqmts]). An array<T, N> where 0 < N meets all of the requirements of a container ([container.reqmts]) and of a reversible container ([container.rev.reqmts]), except that a default constructed array<T, N> object is not empty if N > 0 and default construction, move construction, and swap have linear complexity if N > 0. An array meets some of the requirements of a sequence container ([sequence.reqmts]). Descriptions are provided here only for operations on array that are not described in one of these tables and for operations where there is additional semantic information.

Date: 2022-04-15.00:00:00

[ 2022-04-24; Daniel rebases wording on N4910 ]

Date: 2022-04-24.18:47:34

[ 2019-07 Issue Prioritization ]

Priority to 3 after discussion on the reflector.

Previous resolution [SUPERSEDED]:

This wording is relative to N4810.

  1. Modify [container.requirements.general], Table 62 — "Container requirements", as indicated (This table can be identified by the "section" identifier [tab:container.req] in the next working draft):

    Table 62 — Container requirements
    Expression Return type Operational
    semantics
    Assertion/note
    pre/post-condition
    Complexity
    […]
    X u; Ensures: !u.empty() for array<T, N> where 0 < N, and
    Ensures: u.empty() for all other standard containers.
    constant(Note A)
    X() Ensures: !X().empty() for array<T, N> where 0 < N, and
    Ensures: X().empty() for all other standard containers.
    constant(Note A)
    […]

    Those entries marked "(Note A)" or "(Note B)" have linear complexity for array<T, N> where 0 < N and have constant complexity for all other standard containers.

  2. Modify [array.overview] as indicated:

    -2- An array is an aggregate ([dcl.init.aggr]) that can be list-initialized with up to N elements whose types are convertible to T.

    -3- An array<T, 0> satisfies all of the requirements of a container and of a reversible container ([container.requirements]). An array<T, N> where 0 < N satisfies all of the requirements of a container and of a reversible container ([container.requirements]), except that a default constructed array<T, N> object is not empty and thatboth default construction and swap does not have constantlinear complexity. An array satisfies some of the requirements of a sequence container ([sequence.reqmts]). Descriptions are provided here only for operations on array that are not described in one of these tables and for operations where there is additional semantic information.

Date: 2019-06-13.00:00:00

The requirements specified in [array.overview] p3 are incorrect; namely:

  • A default constructed array<T, N> where 0 < N has linear, not constant complexity.

  • A default constructed array<T, 0> is empty and has constant complexity.

History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-24 18:47:34adminsetmessages: + msg12431
2019-07-23 15:26:26adminsetmessages: + msg10501
2019-06-16 09:24:23adminsetmessages: + msg10446
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