id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
4280	Cannot get array type from boost::array	anonymous	Marshall Clow	"There is no function to get array from the boost::array.
c_array returns pointer, and operator[] returns reference.

There must be additional function, as_array.

array<T, N>
{  
 typedef T array_type[N];

 array_type&       as_array()       { return elems; }
 array_type const& as_array() const { return elems; }
  
}

It is needed to allow optimizations when function has special overload for arrays.
Like std::copy in VC compiler:

1. copy(Input first, Input last, Output dest)
2. copy(Input first, Input last, OutElem (&dest)[size])"	Feature Requests	closed	Boost 1.43.0	array	Boost 1.44.0	Optimization	duplicate