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

From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-06 08:56:06

On Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:10 AM [GMT+1=CET],
David Bradley <dbradley_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I wonder if there may have been issues or holes in the policy based
> pointer implementation that I worked on years ago that we didn't
> encounter or think about at the time. I'm trying to figure out where the
> wasted space would be in a policy based design.

Most compilers don't optimize away the space for empty base classes in a
multiple inheritance scenario.  See
http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/operators.htm#chaining

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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