Re: [boost] intrusive list

From: Geoff Carlton (gcarlton_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-27 18:43:42

Olaf Krzikalla wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>Another disadvantage of the destructor calling clear() is that it 
>>prevents the node class from having a private destructor.  Objects may 
>>need to be deleted via a manager class, however the destructor's clear() 
>>will cause a compile error in this situation.
> 
> This part I didn't fully understand. Can you give a little example?
> 

Sorry, I was a bit confused here.  A previous implementation I have seen 
deleted the nodes on clear(), and suffered from the problems I outlined 
above.  I had assumed that this implementation did the same, but now I 
have double checked I see that instead it just unlinks the nodes and 
lets them go free.  That makes more sense.

Geoff