Re: [boost] scoped_ptr rationale

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-24 18:51:51

At 10:38 AM 9/23/2002, Richard Hadsell wrote:

 >The 1.28.0 version of boost::scoped_ptr does exactly what I want, in 
every
 >respect.  If you made it possible to copy or did anything else to allow 
it
 >to transfer ownership, it would be less useful.  If you increased its 
size
 >from that of a single pointer, which it replaces, it would be less 
useful.
 >
 >I use it as a data member as well as a temporary variable, because a data
 >member's lifetime is just as well defined as any other kind of scope.
 >Whenever anyone reads unfamiliar code that contains a scoped_ptr, he can
 >easily determine when the object it points to will be deleted, just by
 >looking at its scope and any calls to reset().
 >
 >I like its simple statement of ownership.

Me too. I'm a big fan of scoped_ptr. Making it "more powerful" will make it 
less useful.

--Beman