[boost] Re: Re: Intrusive smart pointer

From: Andrei Alexandrescu (andrewalex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-18 14:02:08

"David B. Held" <dheld_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:a9mu42$c51$1_at_main.gmane.org...
> Of
> course, if we're going to make a full policy-based smart pointer,
> why not just look at the strengths of both boost::smart_ptr and
> Loki::SmartPtr, instead of cobbling it together in tiny pieces?

Would be great. FWIW, (1) customizing Loki::SmartPtr for COM pointers takes
6 lines of code, (2) there are few, if any significant features of boost's
smart_ptr that is not being supported by Loki::SmartPtr's design, or hasn't
even been implemented already.

Andrei