Re: [boost] Re: Smart pointers: One more implementation +question

From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-05 13:22:24

On Wednesday, February 05, 2003 1:00 PM [GMT+1=CET],
David B. Held <dheld_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> > [...]
> > Type generators are overkill, since unlike with iterator adaptors
> > there's no need to preserve type identity.  Normal inheritance will
> > work just fine.
>
> That's a good point.  Do you think public inheritance is ok, or
> should private be used?

If you think about it briefly, you'll see that private inheritance would
defeat the whole purpose ;-)

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