[boost] Re: Future of share_ptr

From: James Curran/MVP (jamescurran_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-06-18 08:06:31

    I wasn't really concerned about the validity of the "safe to use" line,
as much as I was "almost certainly be added to the Standard Library" bit.

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"Terje Slettebø" <tslettebo_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
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> Well, it's likely that auto_ptr will get company, in the revised standard
> library. However, what form another smart pointer would have, is something
> else. There's been discussion about policy-based smart pointers, as well.
>
> Nevertheless, it's safe to use shared_ptr, of course, or anything else in
> Boost, or another library. After all, you can use it, even if it's not in
> the standard. Boost is widely regarded, anyway.