Re: [boost] shared_ptr bug?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-18 10:43:34

From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> I agree with the O.P. that we should make the fix. I think that path is
far
> superior to the one which restricts the legal usage of shared_ptr. I also
> think that we should look anew at our implementation: is the
> two-pointer-separate-count design causing so much complication that the
> correctness of the implementation is hard to manage? It seems to me that
the
> implementation of shared_ptr is much more complicated than it should need
to
> be.

I agree that the implementation is more complicated than necessary, but I
don't think that this is caused by the separate count design.

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.