[boost] Re: Re: RFC: Inheritance alternatives for policy-based smart_ptr

From: Andrei Alexandrescu (andrewalex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-01 10:47:57

"Gennadiy Rozental" <rogeeff_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:aao8ks$pmk$1_at_main.gmane.org...
>
> "Phil Nash" <phil.nash.lists_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:006501c1f0ab$d2d5def0$7eb187d9_at_TimeMachine...
> > (1) We started out with that "good reason" - to allow for
compilers that
> > don't do EBO (or don't do a good job of it - David's analysis
seems to
> > suggest there are middling degrees).
>
> I do not think that compilers deficiency should drive our design

I believe the same, but the problem is that many compiler writers are
reluctant about changing their binary object model.

Andrei