Hey I've been messing around with CLR stuff and noticed the 'array' object in there. I looked online for performance comparisons between that and the standard array in c++ and the std::vector class, but couldn't find anything useful.

Does anyone know if this class basically a .NET version of the vector class? If it's faster/slower than std::vector? Faster/Slower than standard C++ arrays?

Oh and on a side note, the carets they use '^' are smart pointers right? are these compatible with normal pointers?

They are completely different beasts.

std::vector allocates its memory from regular C++ heap and frees it when it goes out of scope.

^ is not for smart pointers. It is for managed pointers - they get garbage collected to free the memory.

The fact that it's managed makes me want to remove it from my computer =P

Thanks for the explanation. I probably wont be using any cli::arrays in the near future lol. I enjoy managing my own memory, I have an attachment to it.

I'm just diving into CLR because I noticed that it had functions and classes that did things for you that make alot of things quite simple,specifically the Console methods and classes. I have no intent on making a full app with it, I just found it interesting, I didn't want a heated argument about CLR vs C++.