RE: [boost] why no strict ownership smart pointer in boost

From: Schoenborn, Oliver (Oliver.Schoenborn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-01 18:36:25

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Colvin [mailto:gregory.colvin_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 5:42 PM
> To: Boost mailing list
> Subject: Re: [boost] why no strict ownership smart pointer in boost
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> On Tuesday, Jul 1, 2003, at 14:38 America/Denver, Boost wrote:
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> > I did a search in the archives and found nothing on this:
> >
> > Why is there no strict-ownership smart-pointer in boost?  
> Just curious 
> > to
> > know what the reasons are. Thanks,
> 
> What do want beyond what boost::scoped_ptr and std::auto_ptr provide?

Ability to be used in STL containers, and explicit transfer of ownership
capabilities (e.g. *no* move-on-copy etc). 
Oliver