Re: [boost] shared_ptr comparison

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-17 09:16:37

At 09:48 PM 8/16/2001, Howard Hinnant wrote:

 >On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 08:45  PM, Greg Colvin wrote:
 >
 >> Since others might still object, and since there are related defect
 >> reports being resolved, and since shared_ptr may be presented to
 >> the committee soon, I think it is time to gather up the various
 >> suggestions for improvements and plan on a formal review of the
 >> possible changes.
 >
 >One of the possibilities I would like to see explored is merging
 >shared_ptr and shared_array under the same name using a specialization
 >on array types.  That is instead of:
 >
 >shared_ptr<int>   p1(new int);
 >shared_array<int> p2(new int[3]);
 >
 >rather this:
 >
 >shared_ptr<int>   p1(new int);
 >shared_ptr<int[]> p2(new int[3]);
 >
 >This is purely a naming issue.  I don't see any issues regarding generic
 >programming or the like.

Does this actually work?  I tried it some years ago, and couldn't get the 
specialization working.  But the compilers I tested with have all had 
numerous updates since then; that may have fixed the problems.

--Beman