[boost] Re: intrusive_ptr question

From: David B. Held (dheld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-20 20:11:53

"Joe Gottman" <jgottman_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:c8jgkb$mc4$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> [...]
> I'm curious why the pointer parameters are of type T* and not
> T const *.

Because that would not allow comparisons between types that
are not T const*.  Take T == int.  With T*, you can compare int*.
With T == int const, you get int const*.  If you use T const* instead,
you won't ever be able to compare int*.

Dave

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