[boost] Re: non-member reset()

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-28 11:39:37

Stefan Slapeta <stefan_nospam__at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Not for many types that one might like to reset, such as pointers,
>> shared_ptr<T>, and integral types.
>> 
>
> So I guess you mean that plain assignment is better in general?

No, I mean that you can't make any clear generalization.  It seems to
me like for this particular case plain assignment is probably better.
YMMV.

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Dave Abrahams
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