Re: [boost] Objections to removing the old smart pointer class templates?

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-30 15:47:35

I'm in agreement with Rainer.
-Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rainer Deyke" <root_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] Objections to removing the old smart pointer class
templates?

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aleksey Gurtovoy" <alexy_at_[hidden]>
> To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:25 PM
> Subject: RE: [boost] Objections to removing the old smart pointer
> class templates?
>
>
> > Darin Adler wrote:
> > > I'm going to remove the old smart pointer class templates,
> replacing
> > > <boost/smart_ptr.hpp> with:
> > >
> > >     #include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
> > >     #include <boost/scoped_array.hpp>
> > >     #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
> > >     #include <boost/shared_array.hpp>
> > >     #include <boost/weak_ptr.hpp>
> >
> > Why not
> >
> >      #include <boost/memory/scoped_ptr.hpp>
> >      #include <boost/memory/scoped_array.hpp>
> >
> > etc., or something like this?
>
> IMO 'memory' is a bad name since the smart pointer classes deal with
> fully constructed objects, not raw memory.  Maybe
> <boost/smart_ptr/scoped_ptr.hpp>?
>
>
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> Rainer Deyke | root_at_[hidden] | http://rainerdeyke.com
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