Re: [boost] Re: scoped_ptr: trivial dtor?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-04-03 12:49:44

At 10:20 AM 4/3/2001, Rainer Deyke wrote:

 >----- Original Message -----
 >From: "Shankar Sai" <sai.shankar_at_[hidden]>
 >To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
 >Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 2:47 AM
 >Subject: RE: [boost] Re: scoped_ptr: trivial dtor?
 >
 >
 >>
 >>
 >> |> ----- Original Message -----
 >> |> From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
 >> |>
 >> |> > Although you have to be careful that the destructor is trivial, it
 >> |> > is highly desirable to be able to use scoped_ptr with
 >> |> incomplete types.
 >> |>
 >> |> Why is that desirable?
 >>
 >> Support the pimpl idiom for forward declared types?
 >
 >// C.hpp
 >class Cimpl;
 >class C {
 >public:
 >  ~C();
 >private:
 >  boost::scoped_ptr<Cimpl> impl;
 >};
 >
 >// C.cpp
 >class Cimpl {
 >};
 >
 >C::~C()
 >{
 >}
 >
 >Am I missing something, or are you talking about a different idiom?

That is the idiom I was talking about.

--Beman