[boost] Re: scoped_ptr rationale

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-23 08:45:10

Howard Hinnant wrote:
[...]
> void foo(int n)
> {
>       scoped_array<char> p(new char[n])
>       ostrstream os(p.get(), n);
>       ...
> }
> 
> This is certainly less error prone than:
> 
> void foo(int n)
> {
>       move_array<char> p(new char[n])
>       ostrstream os(p.get(), n);
>       ...
>       // accidently transfer p out before os destructs?
>       ...
> }

void foo(int n)
{
      const move_array<char> p(new char[n])
      ostrstream os(p.get(), n);
      ...
}

Or am I just missing something?

regards,
alexander.