Re: [boost] [smart_ptr] release()

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-30 21:58:36

Phil Bouchard:

> Interesting but unfortunate we cannot mix pools within allocators because 
> it makes allocators even less flexible (useful).

You can mix pools, but all copies must share the same pool. A conforming 
allocator should not contain the pool itself, but a pointer to the pool. Two 
allocators should compare equal when they point to the same pool.

It doesn't make much sense for each shared_ptr to use its own private pool 
anyway. shared_ptr only allocates once.