Re: [boost] Smart Pointers documentation/questions

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-17 11:02:22

From: "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]>
>
> It seems to me that the requirement, as stated, is too strict even for
> scoped_ptr. A scoped_ptr<T> can be instantiated with T being an
incomplete
> type:
>
> class X;
>
> class Y
> {
> public:
>
>     Y();
>     ~Y();
>
> private:
>
>     scoped_ptr<X> px;
> };
>
> Y y; // scoped_ptr<X> instantiated here

Very true. And that's a good thing. New wording is definitely needed.

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