Re: [boost] [scope_guard] New revision available + naming consideration

From: Ariel Badichi (abadichi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-22 05:58:58

David Abrahams wrote:
> 
> Maybe because it allows more than a literal zero?
> 

But then again, so does assignment (and implicit conversion) to any 
pointer? I'd like to have code like the following:

boost::shared_ptr<int> foo()
{
     return 0;
     /* instead of boost::shared_ptr<int>() */
}

boost::shared_ptr<int> p(new int(42));
p = 0; // instead of p.reset()