Re: [boost] Smart Pointer new/Forwarding Problem Solved (by Force)

From: Vaclav Vesely (vaclav.vesely_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-31 00:46:43

Larry Evans wrote:
> It's the class template version of your function template, new_.
> IOW, it's something like:
...
> Note there's no T* in any CTOR arguments (unless, of course, 
> there's some T CTOR taking a T*).
> 
> Also note, there's no Overhead<T> as there is in 
> auto_overhead, but that's just another feature (designed to 
> save the extra allocation needed shared_ptr) and wouldn't be 
> relevant to this discussion, AFAICT.
> 
> Is auto_overhead still unclear?

I'm afraid I still don't grasp.

In paticular I'm missing an motivating example (use case) of what can be
done with auto_overhead but not with new_.

Regards,
Vaclav