Added flag JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_INITIALIZER_LIST, and implemented some constructors for StringArray and Array that use C+++11 initialiser lists.

modules/juce_core/containers/juce_Array.h

@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ public:
         @param values   the array to copy from
     */
     template <typename TypeToCreateFrom>
-    explicit Array (const TypeToCreateFrom* values)
-       : numUsed (0)
+    explicit Array (const TypeToCreateFrom* values)  : numUsed (0)
     {
         while (*values != TypeToCreateFrom())
             add (*values++);
@@ -109,8 +108,7 @@ public:
         @param numValues    the number of values in the array
     */
     template <typename TypeToCreateFrom>
-    Array (const TypeToCreateFrom* values, int numValues)
-       : numUsed (numValues)
+    Array (const TypeToCreateFrom* values, int numValues)  : numUsed (numValues)
     {
         data.setAllocatedSize (numValues);
 
@@ -118,6 +116,14 @@ public:
             new (data.elements + i) ElementType (values[i]);
     }
 
+   #if JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_INITIALIZER_LISTS
+    template <typename TypeToCreateFrom>
+    Array (const std::initializer_list<TypeToCreateFrom>& items)  : numUsed (0)
+    {
+        addArray (items);
+    }
+   #endif
+
     /** Destructor. */
     ~Array()
     {
@@ -604,6 +610,21 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
+   #if JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_INITIALIZER_LISTS
+    template <typename TypeToCreateFrom>
+    void addArray (const std::initializer_list<TypeToCreateFrom>& items)
+    {
+        const ScopedLockType lock (getLock());
+        data.ensureAllocatedSize (numUsed + (int) items.size());
+
+        for (auto& item : items)
+        {
+            new (data.elements + numUsed) ElementType (item);
+            ++numUsed;
+        }
+    }
+   #endif
+
     /** Adds elements from a null-terminated array of pointers to the end of this array.
 
         @param elementsToAdd    an array of pointers to some kind of object from which elements

modules/juce_core/system/juce_CompilerSupport.h

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
  #define JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_NOEXCEPT 1
  #define JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_NULLPTR 1
  #define JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_MOVE_SEMANTICS 1
+ #define JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_INITIALIZER_LISTS 1
 
  #if (__GNUC__ * 100 + __GNUC_MINOR__) >= 407 && ! defined (JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_OVERRIDE_AND_FINAL)
   #define JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_OVERRIDE_AND_FINAL 1
@@ -87,6 +88,11 @@
  #ifndef JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_ARC
   #define JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_ARC 1
  #endif
+
+#if __has_feature (cxx_generalized_initializers)
+  #define JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_INITIALIZER_LISTS 1
+#endif
+
 #endif
 
 //==============================================================================
@@ -102,6 +108,10 @@
   #define JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_LAMBDAS 1
  #endif
 
+ #if _MSC_VER >= 1800
+  #define JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_INITIALIZER_LISTS 1
+ #endif
+
  #if _MSC_VER >= 1900
   #define JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_NOEXCEPT 1
   #define JUCE_DELETED_FUNCTION = delete

modules/juce_core/text/juce_StringArray.cpp

@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ StringArray& StringArray::operator= (StringArray&& other) noexcept
 }
 #endif
 
+#if JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_INITIALIZER_LISTS
+StringArray::StringArray (const std::initializer_list<const char*>& stringList)
+{
+    strings.addArray (stringList);
+}
+#endif
+
 StringArray::~StringArray()
 {
 }

modules/juce_core/text/juce_StringArray.h

@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ public:
     */
     StringArray (const wchar_t* const* strings, int numberOfStrings);
 
+   #if JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_INITIALIZER_LISTS
+    StringArray (const std::initializer_list<const char*>& strings);
+   #endif
+
     /** Destructor. */
     ~StringArray();