Re: [boost] Loki SmartPtr study: Policy orthogonality issues

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-10 10:23:58

From: "Andrei Alexandrescu" <andrewalex_at_[hidden]>
> I don't think the effect is that disastruous, and the idea of not fully
> support arrays did have a justification behind it, so I guess arbitrary is
> undeserved. But I won't go on on wrestling about that.

I won't question your decision to not support the *_array versions by
default since I mostly agree with it.

But don't you think that the smart_ptr power user should be able to make an
[] supporting pointer using a policy? (This is a specific instance of a
general problem: adding features to smart_ptr using a policy.)

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.