[boost] Re: Re: Adding Loki::SmartPtr to boost: List of issues

From: Andrei Alexandrescu (andrewalex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-19 10:11:43

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:014901c1e797$0e026340$1d00a8c0_at_pdimov2...
> I question this claim. Loki::SmartPtr is there. It's free. Anyone
> "desperate" can simply use it. Renaming Loki to boost and SmartPtr
to
> smart_ptr adds nothing of value.

It does add value. If SmartPtr is integrated with boost, it will
benefit of improvements, community support, and unified, non-duplicate
functionality (see Select and type traits etc.).

Andrei