Re: [boost] RE: Proposal: boost::pool fast pointer

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-30 09:30:52

From: <scleary_at_[hidden]>

> Back when shared_ptr<> was being designed, Dave Abrahams (I think it was
> him, anyway) did some speed testing with a shared_ptr<> that took its
> counter from a handmade pool -- and IIRC, it showed some favorable
results.

Yep, it took me about ten minutes to put together a count pool
implementation using a deque. I think things may be a little more
complicated now that we have shared_count, but boost::pool should be able
to help with that.

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