Re: [boost] (RFC) make_shared name change

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-14 13:47:31

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

I'm confused.  Consider std::make_pair():

   std::pair<int, int> pr = std::make_pair(1, 3);

   some_function(std::make_pair(1, 3));

How is boost::make_shared() different?

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