Re: [boost] Coding guidelines - noncopyable

From: Ronald Garcia (garcia_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-09 08:42:36

Peter Dimov writes:
 > 
 > "15.6. Keep in mind that the compiler will implicilty generate a copy
 > constructor, assignment operator and a destructor if you don't declare them
 > explicitly. If you rely on this behavior, document it using a comment inside
 > the class body:
 > 
 > // implicitly generated members are fine and useful
 > "

I dont think one should have to state that the implicitly generated
members are okay.  I'd say that the absence of either
boost::noncopyable or the private declaration of components would say 
enough.  This comment seems to go against the grain of the language.

ron