Re: [boost] Re: partial<> proposal

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-24 11:05:57

"Philippe A. Bouchard" <philippeb_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> "Philippe A. Bouchard" <philippeb_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>>     I would like to propose partial<> when you wish to postpone an
>>> object's construction:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/shifted_ptr/partial.hpp
>>
>> How is this different from the recently-accepted optional<T> class
>> template?
>
> 1) Submission time ;)
> 2) Placement operator new (size_t, boost::optional<T> &) definition which I
> highly suggest.

Your response is a bit too terse for me to understand.  Care to
clarify a bit?

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Dave Abrahams
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