[boost] Re: CopyPtr and ClonePtr

From: Kevlin Henney (kevlin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-06 12:53:51

In message <B4E917D2.24EB%abrahams_at_[hidden]>, Dave Abrahams
<abrahams_at_[hidden]> writes
[...]
>Anyway I'm against perpetuating the dangers of raw pointers where possible.
>If you want to write "if (!p)", how about a conversion to const void*?

Yup, this is the convention that I follow: once you've got a pointer to
const void * you've eliminated most things that you can do with it
accidentally, because you've eliminated most of the things you can do
with it at all!
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