Re: [boost] Re: shared_ptr releasing ownership

From: Sean Kelly (sean_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-20 14:44:05

Bronek Kozicki wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:46:25 -0800 (PST), Sean Kelly wrote:
> 
>>Currently, there's no way to force a shared_ptr to release something once
>>it has been given ownership of it.  I've run into instances where I use a
> 
> There is a way, and I will show you how I did it in my production code
> (single-threaded at this moment, but I think you will have no trouble to
> make it concurrency-safe). 

Thanks.  I've been using an old version of shared_ptr without deleters. 
  I suppose this might be one reason to upgrade.  It still seems like a 
great effort to go to just to get a shared_ptr to release ownership, but 
at least it's possible.

Sean