Vectors in Arduino

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jakebird451 picture jakebird451 · Apr 3, 2012 · Viewed 77k times · Source

I am making a vector of "waypoints" on the Arduino. Each waypoint is an object. The Arduino will obviously need to store multiple waypoints for waypoint navigation. But instead of storing these waypoints in a standard preprogrammed array, the user will need to be able to add, remove waypoints and move them around. Unfortunately the Arduino does not offer a vector type as a built-in library.

I am currently contemplating two options:

  1. In Container for objects like C++ 'vector'?, someone posted a general purpose library. It does not contain any index deletion, or movement operations. But it does contain some memory management strategies.

  2. I have used malloc, dealloc, calloc in the past. But I do not like that option at all, especially with classes. But is this a better option in my senario?

Which one is a better path to go down?

Answer

Sibster picture Sibster · Apr 3, 2012

Standard C++ for Arduino might be an option. It lets you use the STL vector in Arduino.

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