[boost] Re: CopyPtr & ClonePtr ?

From: Kevin Atkinson (kevinatk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-24 00:11:42

On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Dave Abrahams wrote:

> on 3/23/00 8:36 PM, Greg Colvin at gcolvin_at_[hidden] wrote:
> 
> > Classes with deep copy semantics seem to me more like "smart references"
> > than smart pointers, so I wonder if they should have a pointer-like
> > interface at all.
> 
> They sort of need to if you are going to do anything with the referent
> object. I mean, you could use a "get()" function or something, but it's
> cumbersome to say the least...

What about operator * and operator -> ?????

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