[boost] Re: Re: Proposed smart_handle library

From: John Madsen (johnmadsen_usenet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-18 17:21:26

Gregory Colvin <gregory.colvin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>On Friday, Jul 18, 2003, at 15:21 America/Denver, John Madsen wrote:
>
>> "Eugene Lazutkin" <eugene.lazutkin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> I have a few comments in no particular order.
>>>
>>> 1) I cannot imaging someone programming in C++ and using "FILE*s,and 
>>> file
>>> descriptors" instead of iostream & Co. You've must be talking about
>>> incomplete systems like embedded systems, which don't have complete 
>>> standard
>>> C++ library. Are there any real life examples for that? How frequent 
>>> are
>>> they?
>>>
>>
>> That's quite right.  I don't see much use in having a wrapper for 
>> FILE*.
>
>IMHO stdio is a useful standard, and for some purposes is better than 
>iostreams.
>
>Of course, boost::shared_ptr can already wrap FILE* pretty easily.
>

Yes, shared_ptr can wrap a FILE*, but I think there are many good reasons why 
shared_ptr and family are not a good general solution for handle management.  
See my original message at 
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/boost/1703576.

John