Re: [boost] Re: Conversion from auto_ptr to scoped_ptr?

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-06-18 06:02:02

From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaks_at_[hidden]>

> > Bjorn wrote:
> > It's bad because it introduces a dependency, without adding significant
value (IMHO).
>
> Most of us don't change <memory> on a regular basis.  So why is the
dependency
> problematic?  What do you lose from it?  I would like to have this, but
for me, th
> would be syntactic sugar, since I can accomplish the same thing with
calling release()
> before passing it to the constructor.

That's not actually equivalent if you are passing multiple arguments. In
case of an exception, the unmanaged memory may leak.

I support the change to scoped_ptr.

-Dave