[boost] Re: implicit smart pointer conversions

From: Dave Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-18 10:16:14

on 3/18/00 3:08 AM, Kevlin Henney at kevlin_at_[hidden] wrote:

> Except that unfortunately they don't: auto_ptr_ref is private and is not
> befriended by all auto_ptr templates, so such conversions are not
> possible at the moment anyway. One of the "features" of the standard :-}

You're picking nits. The right way to interpret the standard (according to
its intent) is implemented in the STLport's auto_ptr. Check it out sometime.

-Dave

P.S. Yes, there is a bug in the standard. It's being fixed.