Re: [boost] shared_ptr comparison

From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-17 09:54:49

On Friday, August 17, 2001, at 10:16  AM, Beman Dawes wrote:

>> 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.

I've got an (unshipped) auto_ptr set up like this (works great).  I'd be 
happy to share it if there is interest.

-Howard