The main difference is just the syntax you use to access your one char. By “access” I mean, act upon it using the various operators in the language, most or all of which do different things when applied to a char compared with a char array. This makes it sound as if x and y … Read more
The closest you can get is using C++0x features to initialize local or member arrays of templates from a variadic template argument list. This is of course limited by the maximum template instantiation depth and wether that actually makes a notable difference in your case would have to be measured. Example: template<unsigned… args> struct ArrayHolder … Read more