Re: [boost] shared_ptr_updates.zip

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-26 11:06:57

At 09:09 AM 7/26/2001, Peter Dimov wrote:

 >From: "Philip Nash" <philip.nash_at_[hidden]>
 >> Agreed. Sorry, I wasn't suggesting that the finalizer function be 
dropped
 >> from your proposal,
 >
 >There's nothing wrong with suggesting that. I am not entirely convinced
 >that
 >adding this finalizer support to shared_ptr is a good idea. I simply
 >demonstrated that it can be done; this doesn't mean that it must be done.

I think that is a really important point.  There are lots of advantages to 
a small, very stable, shared_ptr.  I really think that many of the possible 
"improvements" should be explored in the context of a completely new 
design,  along the lines of Andrei Alexandrescu's smart pointer policy 
classes.

--Beman