Re: 2nd: [boost] shared_ptr proposal

From: Christian Thäter (chth_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-13 09:03:53

> 
> What are the complexity requirements of the boost::shared_ptr<> member
> functions?
> 
> He asks, if I understand correctly, not how boost::shared_ptr is
> currently
> _implemented_, but how it's _defined_.
> 
> A question that will become more important if/when shared_ptr moves into
> std.
> 
> An interesting related question is "why does shared_ptr have use_count?"
> 

Exact, thats was my point. Does it need reset() and assign operations?
Won't a immutable shared_ref cover the semantics better? If we provide a
reset() and/or assign operation then they should not break the shared
resource as they do now so either update all copies or none.

cya Christian