Re: [boost] Loki SmartPtr questions

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-12 10:23:06

> 1. Why the separate Storage and Ownership policies?
> 
> 2. How are threading issues addressed? I see RefCountedMT but it doesn't
> have the proper "template <class> class OwnershipPolicy" signature so it
> cannot be used, am I missing something?
> 
> 3. Why are GetImpl*, Reset, Release free friends and not members?

I can answer the last one. Andrei makes a good argument in MC++D:

       class Printer {
            ...
        public:
            Release();
       };

    SmartPtr<Printer,...> p(new Printer);

    ...

    p->Release(); // oops, meant p.Release() !