Re: [boost] Re: Re: Proposals: p2m offsets, prebuild<>, squad_ptr<>(ofcourse)

From: Larry Evans (jcampbell3_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-02 09:27:20

Philippe A. Bouchard wrote:

>Beman Dawes wrote:
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>>pointers.  But policy-based smart pointers may be a better choice for
>>those who feel they absolutely must have 100% control over every detail of
>>implementation.
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>I do not know yet the best policy to add.  Maybe someone could help.  I am 
>more oriented towards the garbage collector and here is what I am thinking:
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>Regular garbage collectors do not have a clue when exactly the object 
>should be destroyed.  This is not good news for QT widgets, for example.  
>Maybe we could mix rc & gc advantages... to determine exactly when the 
>object's life is terminated with reference counts followed by destruction & 
>deallocation of the object using some type traits at a given time.
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This is an excellent point and one raised now-and-then by the gc guru's on
gclist_at_[hidden] (search for "Finalizers & Reference counting" in
ftp://ftp.iecc.com/pub/gclist/gclist-0802).

Other advantages of a combination of rc & gc are noted at 
http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg33535.php.