[boost] Re: smart_ptr: tasteless patch for compilers lacking member template friends

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-10-11 10:18:50

Matthew D. Langston wrote:

>I've attached a small patch to `smart_ptr.hpp' which enables all of
the
>functionality of smart_ptr for those compilers which support member
>templates, even if those compilers currently lack support for member
>template friends.
>
>...

As you say, this change is certainly "tasteless", but it has been
accepted since it does allow full use of shared_ptr by two important
compilers (egcs and Metrowerks).

Thanks, Matthew!

--Beman