std::array - 'buffer of size n will be overrun', only in VS

Question

constexpr auto CHUNKS_X = 5, CHUNKS_Y = 5, CHUNKS_Z = 1;
std::array<std::bitset<CHUNKS_X>, CHUNKS_Y> ys;
std::array<decltype(ys), CHUNKS_Z> zs;
if (CHUNKS_Z > 1)
{
    zs[0] = ys;
    //zs.at(1) = ys; //this works
    zs[1] = ys; //this doesn't work
    for (auto &x : zs[1])
    {
        x.flip();
    }
    for (auto z = 2; z < CHUNKS_Z; z++)
    {
        zs[z] = zs[z - 2];
    }
}

The line zs[1] = ys; gives me

error C4789: buffer 'zs' of size 20 bytes will be overrun; 20 bytes will be written starting at offset 20

But only when compiling in VS. Compiling on the command line gives me no such error, nor does using zs.at(1) = ys; instead. Another thing of note is that MSDN says that this should be a warning, not an error.

I realize this might be a subtle compiler flag issue but I haven't the slightest clue where to start looking.

Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.00.23506 for x86

Answer 1

std::array<decltype(ys), CHUNKS_Z> zs;

is equivalent to

std::array<decltype(ys), 1> zs;

meaning zs is an array with 1 element;

arrays in general are zero-based meaning the first element is at zs[0] , and there are no more elements so zs[1] requires that the arrays will have a second element which it doesn't in your example.

Since you check if (CHUNKS_Z > 1) there should not be any problem since you can't reach the line zs[1] = ys; and you won't get any issues.

If I change CHUNKS_Z to 2 I don't get any errors in VS15