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

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-12-27 12:07:32

At 09:23 AM 12/27/2000 -0500, David Abrahams wrote:

 >I always thought that "no transfer of ownership" was part of the point of
 >scoped_ptr<>. Why not just use std::auto_ptr<> if you want to do this?

Yes, why not?

The decision not to include release() was a conscious one; basically I'd 
like to see that reaffirmed, and then I'll add a FAQ question "why isn't 
there a release()?" to the docs.

--Beman

 >> At 07:38 PM 12/19/2000 -0500, Joe Gottman wrote:
 >>
 >>      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
 >>
 >> int *foo() {
 >>      scoped_ptr<int> the_pointer(new int());
 >>       //Do stuff that might throw
 >>      return the_pointer.release();
 >> }