Re: [boost] More scoped_ptr ruminations

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-21 11:06:27

From: "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]>

> From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
> > > A good idea, although the correct test is
> 'has_virtual_destructor<Base>',
> > I
> > > think.
> >
> > Yes, but we don't know how to implement that, do we?
>
> Yep. Isn't one of the goals of the type_traits library/extension proposal
to
> provide things that we can't implement, like has_trivial_destructor or
> is_POD?

Yes. Relying on those is fine for "the future", but our actual
implementation could do something today with is_polymorphic. FWIW.

-Dave

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