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### 1306. `pointer` and `const_pointer` for `<array>`

Section: 24.3.7 [array] Status: C++11 Submitter: Nicolai Josuttis Opened: 2010-01-24 Last modified: 2016-01-28

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

Class `<array>` is the only sequence container class that has no types `pointer` and `const_pointer` defined. You might argue that this makes no sense because there is no allocator support, but on the other hand, types `reference` and `const_reference` are defined for `array`.

[ 2010-02-11 Moved to Tentatively Ready after 6 positive votes on c++std-lib. ]

Proposed resolution:

Add to Class template array 24.3.7 [array]:

>     namespace std {
>       template <class T, size_t N >
>       struct array {
>         ...
>         typedef T value_type;
>         typedef T * pointer;
>         typedef const T * const_pointer;
>         ...
>       };
>     }