Vector's ctor.

[Dhruv Matani]

On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 01:05, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Dhruv Matani <dhruvbird@gmx.net> writes:
> 
> | Hello,
> | 	I wanted to know if such a construct is a valid according to the C++
> | standard. If it is then there is a problem in the library.
> | 
> | std::vector<int> iv(0, 1);
> 
> Yes.  There is no requirement that n shall be nonzero.

vector(n, _Tp, _Alloc) calls
_Vector_base(n, _Alloc) calls
_Vector_impl.allocate(n);

No protection for n == 0!

I've been getting a Seg. fault with a custom allocator! Maybe this is
the reason. will probe deeper later. It's getting close to bed-time.

> 
> -- Gaby
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