Is the use of std::vector objects in C++ acceptable, or should I use an alternative?

Question

I\'m working with a user-defined quantity of bits (I\'m holding a three-dimensional array of bits, so the size increases cubically - assume no less then 512 bits), and need

Answer 1

An alternative could be BitMagic although I'm not sure it works on any other architecture than x86(it's heavily optimized using SIMD).