Re: [boost] portable precise garbage collector for C++

From: Giovanni Piero Deretta (gpderetta_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-20 20:53:46

On 9/21/07, Achilleas Margaritis <axilmar_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I thought std containers use the allocator::pointer type for their pointers.
>

In theory yes. In practice the standard gives standard library
implementors an explicit "temporary" permission to always assume that
allocator::pointer is a raw pointer. It is mostly a quality of
implementation issue, as there are standard libraries that do not make
use of this permission.

The upcoming revision of the standard will very likely remove this permission.

gpd