Re: [boost] Re: move_ptr

From: Daniel Wallin (dalwan01_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-26 20:43:27

Howard Hinnant wrote:
> On Jan 26, 2004, at 4:59 PM, Daniel Wallin wrote:
> 
>> Howard Hinnant wrote:
>>
>>> <snip>
>>> And I submit that:
>>> S<T[], my_deleter>
>>> is more elegant syntax than:
>>> S_array<T, my_deleter>
>>
>>
>> FWIW, I'm not sure it's a good idea to design the interface around
>> partial specialization. std::vector<> replaces almost every possible
>> need for array allocation, so does this use case really need to be less
>> verbose? Is it worth dropping support for older compilers?
> 
> 
> Need to be?  No.  But I still like it.  <shrug>  I was convinced because 
> that's how a newbie expected it to work.

Newbies can have all sorts of weird ideas on how things should work. ;)
Seriously, I agree that the syntax is nice and intuitive.

 > <snip>
> Just letting 
> you know where I stand:  yes, I would drop support for 7 year old 
> compilers in a heartbeat.  :-)

OK.

-- 
Daniel Wallin