Re: [boost] Curaçao: reaction to smart pointer proposal

From: Andrei Alexandrescu (andrewalex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-30 14:04:10

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:00b901c1f05e$8080a0b0$1d00a8c0_at_pdimov2...
> From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
> > * Because user needs are so varied, Standard Library smart pointers
should
> > support a full feature model, including user supplied behavior.
>
> I wonder how does this follow. If user needs are so varied, then there is
> nothing to standardize, and the standardization effort is better spent
> elsewhere.

It does follow. Users' needs are within a common framework, and vary along
specific dimensions.

Andrei