Mark get_c_array as deprecated

pdimov · pdimov · commit 17b49d86ad37 · 2025-01-26T03:10:23.000+02:00
diff --git a/include/boost/array.hpp b/include/boost/array.hpp
@@ -374,15 +374,17 @@ namespace boost {
         x.swap(y);
     }
 
-// Specific for boost::array: simply returns its elems data member.
+    // undocumented and obsolete
     template <typename T, std::size_t N>
+    BOOST_DEPRECATED( "please use `elems` instead" )
     T(&get_c_array(boost::array<T,N>& arg))[N]
     {
         return arg.elems;
     }
 
     // Const version.
     template <typename T, std::size_t N>
+    BOOST_DEPRECATED( "please use `elems` instead" )
     const T(&get_c_array(const boost::array<T,N>& arg))[N]
     {
         return arg.elems;

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -374,15 +374,17 @@ namespace boost {`
`374`	`374`	`x.swap(y);`
`375`	`375`	`}`
`376`	`376`
`377`		`-// Specific for boost::array: simply returns its elems data member.`
	`377`	`+ // undocumented and obsolete`
`378`	`378`	`template <typename T, std::size_t N>`
	`379`	+ BOOST_DEPRECATED( "please use `elems` instead" )
`379`	`380`	`T(&get_c_array(boost::array<T,N>& arg))[N]`
`380`	`381`	`{`
`381`	`382`	`return arg.elems;`
`382`	`383`	`}`
`383`	`384`
`384`	`385`	`// Const version.`
`385`	`386`	`template <typename T, std::size_t N>`
	`387`	+ BOOST_DEPRECATED( "please use `elems` instead" )
`386`	`388`	`const T(&get_c_array(const boost::array<T,N>& arg))[N]`
`387`	`389`	`{`
`388`	`390`	`return arg.elems;`