Re: [boost] Interest in a cache class?

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-14 08:27:09

Given that this implements a linear search for elements, I probably
wouldn't use it.

----- Original Message -----
From: <larsbj_at_[hidden]>

> "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> | I'm interested if it interacts intelligently with shared_ptr.
> | What I want is a cache which can be incrementally flushed, such that
the
> | only items that will be destroyed have a reference count of zero.
> >
> | In other words, I want to use shared_ptrs to keep things alive as
long
> | as they are referenced; when the cache holds the only reference to
an
> | object, an explicit request for memory may release the final
reference.
>
> How far is this from what you would need?