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Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 18:42:27 -0400
From: "Peter C. Chapin" <pchapin@sover.net>
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Pascal Obry wrote:

>     int N;
> 
>     N = <value computed at runtime>;
> 
>     vector<float> v(N);

This is legal in C++. The constructor parameter is an arbitrary expression.

This discussion is starting to compare language+library vs language. 
There be dragons down that road!

Peter