Re: [boost] Re: smart_ptr vs smart_resource

From: Phil Nash (phil.nash.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-20 13:11:04

> >> >     Pointers are Resources
> >> >     Resources are not (all) Pointers.
> >>
> >> Actually,
> >>
> >>       Pointers *refer to* resources
> >>       Not all pointers refer to (are) resources
> >
> > How about:
> >
> >         Pointers are a way of referring to resources.
> >         Not all ways of referring to resources are pointers.

Alright - it seems everyone pulled me up on that lapse - I must remember to
be more careful round here ;-)

> But also:
>
>           Not all pointers refer to resources.

Hmmm, unless you are thinking of null pointers I can't think of any pointers
that don't refer to resources. Perhaps we have a different definition of
resource?
Could you elaborate?

Regards,

[)o
IhIL..