[boost] Re: [pointer container] copyability

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-26 11:33:23

"David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:uacnl8qsf.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
>
> I had this disagreement with Thorsten in Lillehammer (or was it
> Oxford?) but he was unimpressed with my arguments.  I was wondering
> what Boost as a whole would think:
>
> My Thesis: the library should support copying and assignment of
>  pointer containers using the usual copy/assignment syntax, rather
>  than only allowing a copy via a clone() function.

In general I agree. Whatever costly it is in some cases where we don't 
bother about performance it could be convenient . Old principle - C++ 
programmer knows better - rules.

Gennadiy