[boost] Re: CopyPtr & ClonePtr ?

From: Kevin Atkinson (kevinatk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-24 08:21:35

On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Dave Abrahams wrote:

> on 3/24/00 12:11 AM, Kevin Atkinson at kevinatk_at_[hidden] wrote:
> 
> > 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 -> ?????
> 
> 
> Er, that would be the pointer-like interface which Greg alluded to.

Sorry, I misread that.  Please forgive me.  Also please forgive the
wonderful typos that constantly appear in my emails.

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