Re: [boost] smart_ptr: sp_collector can't handle STL containers of shared_ptr's

From: Gregory Colvin (gregory.colvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-29 22:01:41

On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 20:52 America/Denver, Larry Evans wrote:

> Gregory Colvin wrote:
>> Check out
>>    http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gcinterface.html
> [snip]
>> On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 19:57 America/Denver, Larry Evans wrote:
>>> Gregory Colvin wrote:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> > It is not that hard to write a new(gc) and gc_allocator
>>> > using Boehm's collector, for those who don't want to have
>>> > the collector take over all memory allocation.
>>>
>>> I found John Max Skaller's posts on such a gc_allocator:
>>>
>>>   http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/boost/1150154
>>>
>>> Since I still can't figure out how he did it, maybe he could provide
>>> code or more details on howto.  However, I don't know his email.  I
>>> may just download his Felix compiler and try deciphering the code.
> Now, how do we do something similar with a precise gc like that 
> proposed
> earlier?

Do you really need a precise collector?  Boehm's collector works just 
fine.

If so, I don't think you can do it without compiler support.