Re: [boost] Re: shared_ptr improvement proposal

From: troy d.straszheim (troy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-11 07:55:49

On Aug 11, 2004, at 1:07 PM, Peter Dimov wrote:
> There is no consensus to turn off the raw pointer constructor. While
> replacements are frequently being proposed - some of them predating
> boost::shared_ptr - none of them have proven useful in practice; or if 
> they
> have, I am not aware of them. For now I'm inclined to think of this
> recurring idea as something that looks good on paper but doesn't offer
> significant benefits. Of course I may be wrong. ;-)

OK this is exactly what I was wondering about.  Thanks...

-t