Re: [boost] [Review] Shmem

From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-12 06:48:35

Ion Gaztañaga wrote:

>Like I've said, optional provides two-phase initialization, which is 
>something you want to avoid, no? An empty optional is clearly "half-baked".
>  
>
Um, no, not really. Optional is a value type object. Even after default 
construction, it has a valid and usable state - it contains nothing. Due 
to the purpose and design of optional, this makes perfect sense.
A shared memory that contains nothing, on the other hand, does not make 
sense.

Sebastian Redl