RE: [boost] Suggestion: scoped_ptr::release()

From: Gary Powell (Gary.Powell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-12-20 11:01:56

>     I think the scoped_ptr class should have a release() function, similar
> to the one in std::auto_ptr.  This would help in cases like the following
> 
> 
Seems reasonable to me. (I have to code in a C/C++ environment where
returning a C pointer is required by the called API.)

Would a better example be:
  void foo(std::list<data *> &myList, int x)
  {
       shared_ptr<data> theData(new data(x) );
       myList.push_back(theData.get() );
       theData.release();
  }

(I know it could be improved by having a list of shared_ptrs, but sometimes
that change isn't possible due to who controls the code.  Third party
software etc. )

  -gary-

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