how-to initialize 'const std::vector' like a c array

Question

Is there an elegant way to create and initialize a const std::vector like const T a[] = { ... } to a fixed (and small) number of val

Answer 1

Based on Shadow2531's response, I'm using this class to initialise vectors, without actually inheriting from std::vector like Shadow's solution did

template 
class vector_init
{
public:
    vector_init(const T& val)
    {
        vec.push_back(val);
    }
    inline vector_init& operator()(T val)
    {
        vec.push_back(val);
        return *this;
    }
    inline std::vector end()
    {
        return vec;
    }
private:
    std::vector vec;
};

Usage:

std::vector testVec = vector_init(1)(2)(3)(4)(5).end();

Compared to Steve Jessop's solution it creates a lot more code, but if the array creation isn't performance critical I find it a nice way to initialise an array in a single line