Re: [boost] (RFC) make_shared name change

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-14 13:10:03

From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> > if(shared_ptr<X> px = make_shared(wp))
> > {
> > // ...
> > }
> >
> > You still need to spell "shared_ptr<X>" in its entirety.
>
> I don't think so:
>
>     some_function(make_shared(wp));

Of course you could do that as well, but my point is that the primary
purpose of make_* functions is argument deduction, and the primary purpose
of make_shared/get_shared_ptr is to support the idiom above, where argument
deduction isn't important.