Why isn't std::array::size static?

Question

The size of std::array is known at compile time, but the size member function isn\'t static. Is there any reason for that? It\'s slightly inconvenient not to be

Answer 1

Since C++11 you can use std::tuple_size on std::array to obtain the size as a compile time constant. See

http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/container/array/tuple_size