From: brangdon@cix.co.uk   
      
   musiphil@bawi.org (Seungbeom Kim) wrote (abridged):   
   > Then is new[]/delete[] your preferred choice?   
   > What benefits does it bring, and why would you prefer it to   
   > std::vector?   
      
   As a petty example, you can't write:   
      
       #include    
       class MyData;   
       std::vector vec;   
      
   because it's undefined behaviour to instantiate a std::vector on a   
   partial type. Where-as with my home-grown vector, I can. The standard   
   reserves for itself lots of freedoms and those translate into   
   restrictions for users.   
      
   The consequence is that I can't use std::vector in a header, without also   
   including the definition of MyData, which pollutes the namespace and   
   causes more and longer recompiles. I can't forward-declare std::vector<>   
   itself, either.   
      
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