[boost] Re: faster shared_ptr?

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-02-01 01:00:40

From: Dave Abrahams <abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> ...
>     // stupid, slow implementation just to keep this all in a header file
>     // for real speed turn this into a static data member.
>     static count*& free_list() { static count* p = 0; return p; }

Is this really so stupid and slow?  The compiler/linker will have to
store the static count* as data somewhere, and the free_list() function
should get inlined.