Re: [boost] Re: New smart pointer library feature: debug hooks

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-22 13:10:44

From: "David B. Held" <dheld_at_[hidden]>
> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:00e101c29161$c6f16800$1d00a8c0_at_pdimov2...
> > When the macro BOOST_ENABLE_SP_DEBUG_HOOKS is defined, the
> > Boost smart pointers will call the following debug hook routines:
> > [...]
>
> Do you need this functionality personally, or have users requested this?

Neither, really. It is mostly a proof of concept that debugging
implementations are possible, as it has been suggested that the pointer
constructor is too dangerous.