Dynamically allocated arrays or std::vector

Question

I\'m trying to optimize my C++ code. I\'ve searched the internet on using dynamically allocated C++ arrays vs using std::vector and have generally seen a recommendation in f

Answer 1

The thing about the standard library classes such as std::vector is that yes, naively, it is a lot more code than a raw array. But all of it can be trivially inlined by the compiler, which means that if optimizations are enabled, it becomes essentially the same code as if you'd used a raw array. The speed difference then is not negligible but non-existent. All the overhead is removed at compile-time.

But that requires compiler optimizations to be enabled.