Re: [boost] shared_pointer for C-allocated object?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-02 09:37:42

Neal D. Becker wrote:
> I have some legacy C code that returns a pointer:
> 
> fftw_plan fftw_create_plan(int n, fftw_direction dir, int flags);
> 
> where fftw_plan is a pointer.
> 
> Can I use shared_pointer to wrap it?  I guess the issue is that
> eventually delete will be called on this pointer, but it wasn't
> allocated with new. Is this a problem?

What do you need to call when you are finished with fftw_plan?