Re: [boost] auto_vector - vector with auto_ptr semantics

From: Jeremy Siek (jsiek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-04 11:15:06

On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Mark Rodgers wrote:
>
> - Copy and assignment have auto_ptr sematics, i.e. use an
>   auto_vector_ref and clear the source object.  I've
>   implemented this using swap, so passing and returning
>   auto_vectors by value is relatively cheap.

This bother me a bit. From what I understand, all the other properties of
auto_vector would still allow it to conform to the Standard Container
requirements, but these copy and assignment semantics would break that...

Cheers,
Jeremy

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