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Date: 2005-04-28T09:15:36+02:00

> > Also, if you want to use a low-level or legacy routine that operates
> > on an array, then you have a similar need to copy.
> 
> I'm not clear how you'd expect to use a subprogram that operates on an 
> array with a container, except by converting the contents to an array, 
> or rewriting it to use the container.

When you have a container that is an extensible array, wanting to be
able to directly access slices of it as an array seems normal (and
useful) to me.  I guess the point is that Vector is not an extensible
array - the designers chose a more abstract design.  Calling it "Vector"
is just asking for confusion about what it is intended to be IMHO.

Ciao,

Duncan.