Re: [boost] Re: SmartPtr (Loki) - auto_ptr/move c'tor issue

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-30 14:10:46

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I can't judge that part, but I can say that this is an incredibly useful thing
> to do, as hinted at near the bottom of
> http://www.gotw.ca/gotw/008.htm (search for "base class").  It's one
> reason my implementation of an exception-safe STL was a lot cleaner
> (and more-correct) than the original SGI implementation was.

I guess I should clarify that my implementation came first, and SGI
followed without using "my" base class technique... until they
eventually got hip to it.

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