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CodeSmith
CodeSmith

Reputation: 113

Converting boost multi_array to its native array type

I am writing a class that acts as a go-between for c++ classes and legacy c code. I have been using boost multi_array's to simplify a lot of the code. This mult_array is declared as such:

using Array = boost::multi_array<float,2>

However, I have run into a problem where I need to pass my multi_array to a legacy function that has a signature similar to

void function(float param[ROWS][COLS]);

My multi_array is of size ROWS and COLS, but I do not know of any easy way to convert the mutli_array to an array. Is there any way to do so?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 232

Answers (1)

Zulan
Zulan

Reputation: 22660

Since the storage order of boost::multi_array is well defined, you can actually call it safely like that:

function((float (*)[COLS])array.data());

c_storage_order is the default, make sure to not use anything else upon construction of the object.

Upvotes: 2

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