Re: [boost] boost::scoped_array::release?

From: Richard Hadsell (hadsell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-09 14:49:07

me22 wrote:

>My feeling is that, since scoped_ptr doesn't have release,
>scoped_array shouldn't either.  It seems to me that the whole point of
>scoped_* is that the ownership cannot be moved elsewhere.
>  
>
I agree.  I use both of these classes for 2 reasons: (1) they delete 
their objects in any case that they go out of scope (exceptions, too); 
and (2) I don't have to worry about anyone writing code that will 
circumvent this behavior (and produce a bug or leak that I will have to 
find).

Please, don't change the behavior of either of these simple and valuable 
classes.  If someone wants anything to change, create a new class or 
subclass with a different name.

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