Re: [boost] C++03 unique_ptr emulation

Subject: Re: [boost] C++03 unique_ptr emulation
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-02 20:56:33

on Fri Jan 02 2009, Howard Hinnant <hinnant-AT-twcny.rr.com> wrote:

> Agreed.  The thing I like about my current effort is that clients see either lvalue or
> rvalue unique_ptr's (or whatever class you're trying  to move-enable) and nothing
> else.  No moved-from wrappers.  Downsides include the fact that move(unique_ptr) is a
> friend of unique_ptr - a  tight coupling that I would rather not have there.  In
> C++0X, move is  a completely generic std-function, a characteristic not achieved by
> this emulation.

Howard, do you have a test suite I can throw at this?  I'd like to see
if I can decouple that thing for you.
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Dave Abrahams
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