Re: [boost] Loki SmartPtr questions

From: Rainer Deyke (root_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-12 11:41:34

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [boost] Loki SmartPtr questions

> > 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() !

But isn't the following as likely:

class Printer {
};
void Release(Printer&);

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

Release(p); // oops, meant Release(*p);

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