Re: [boost] Review Requests: shifted_ptr, list, stack & roofof

From: Ronald Garcia (garcia_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-15 15:12:15

Hi Phil,

I have received your request and have added Shifted Pointer to the  
review queue.

Cheers,
ron

On Mar 10, 2008, at 6:59 AM, Phil Bouchard wrote:

> Greetings Boost:
>
> I am happy re-submitting after 4 years my final design and  
> implementation
> proposal of "shifted_ptr" which includes very useful tools named  
> "list",
> "stack" and "roofof".  The new containers consisting of STL-like  
> ones but
> offering external access to the nodes, removing the need of  
> dynamically
> allocated nodes and thus offers multi-dimensional control over their
> elements.  "roofof" is a one line helper function used in  
> conjunction with
> the mentionned containers to find the root address of the class  
> housing the
> member used by the container in question.
>
> In contrast with its previous submission, "shifted_ptr" now relates  
> to a
> memory manager of constant complexity and of size: sizeof(void *) *  
> 2.  It
> take advantage of the low-memory consuption, fast execution and very
> versatile interface.  It proposes a very different concept, removes  
> the need
> of current functions such as: "enable_shared_from_this", destroys the
> "cyclic pointer" problem and is now perfectly type-safe.  The former
> reference counted smart pointer was renamed to "shifted_ptr_base"  
> and merged
> properly with Boost standards.
>
> Morever "shiifted_ptr" is closely tied to the current "shared_ptr"  
> that uses
> objects derived from "sp_counted_base".  This was extended to objects
> deriving from "owned_base", which includes the necessary  
> information that is
> handled by the smart pointer plus a smart destructer that  
> differentiates
> arrays from standard objects and destroys the object accordingly.
>
> I have not yet written entirely its documentation but I have  
> included a well
> documented reference to its API.  I would like to schedule a review  
> for now
> and by then the documentation shall be completed.  I am also aware the
> library doesn't yet handle multi-threaded applications but I would  
> like to
> start with getting the library better known.  The theory behind is  
> perfectly
> reliable but I can't say I forgot technical issues.
>
> The library is located at:
> http://www.boost-consulting.com/vault/index.php? 
> action=downloadfile&filename=shifted_ptr-2.0.zip&directory=Memory&
>
>
> Thank you,
> Phil Bouchard
>
>
>
>
>
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