std::experimental::to_array(3)

NAME
std::experimental::to_array - std::experimental::to_array

Synopsis
   Defined in header <experimental/array>
   template< class T, std::size_t N > (library fundamentals TS
   constexpr std::array<std::remove_cv_t<T>, N> to_array(T v2)
   (&a)[N]);
   Creates a std::array from the built-in array a. The elements of the std::array are
   copy-initialized from the corresponding element of a.

Parameters
   a - the built-in array to be used to initialize the std::array

Return value
   An std::array object whose elements are copy-initialized from the corresponding
   element of a.

Possible implementation
   namespace detail
   {
       template<class T, std::size_t N, std::size_t... I>
       constexpr std::array<std::remove_cv_t<T>, N>
           to_array_impl(T (&a)[N], std::index_sequence<I...>)
       {
           return { {a[I]...} };
       }
   }
   template<class T, std::size_t N>
   constexpr std::array<std::remove_cv_t<T>, N> to_array(T (&a)[N])
   {
       return detail::to_array_impl(a, std::make_index_sequence<N>{});
   }

Example
// Run this code
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <experimental/array>
 #include <unistd.h>
 // mkstemp(3) that works
 template<std::size_t N>
 int tempfd(char const (&tmpl)[N])
 {
     auto s = std::experimental::to_array(tmpl);
     int fd = mkstemp(s.data());
     if (fd != -1)
         unlink(s.data());
     return fd;
 }
 int main()
 {
     int fd = tempfd("/tmp/test.XXXXXX");
     int rt = close(fd);
     assert(rt == 0);
 }

See also
   make_array creates a std::array object whose size and optionally
   (library fundamentals TS v2) element type are deduced from the arguments
                        (function template)