How do I return hundreds of values from a C++ function?

Question

In C++, whenever a function creates many (hundreds or thousands of) values, I used to have the caller pass an array that my function then fills with the output values:

Answer 1

• A stadard container works for homogenous objects 9which you can return).
• The standard library way is to abstract an algorithm from the container and use iterators to bridge the gap between.
• If you need to pass more than a single type think of structs/classes.

My question is: Is the insert_iterator the right or standard way to do it?

Yes. Otherwise, if you are not going to have at least as many elements in your container as there will be computed values. This is not always possible, specially, if you want to write to a stream. So, you are good.