Re: [boost] C++03 unique_ptr emulation

Subject: Re: [boost] C++03 unique_ptr emulation
From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-03 10:42:10

On Jan 2, 2009, at 8:56 PM, David Abrahams wrote:

>
> 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.

Although I've been running tests, I don't really yet have a neatly  
packaged test suite.  Part of the problem is that many of the tests  
are "must fail" and I don't know of a portable/automated way to handle  
that kind of test.  Has boost addressed "must fail" tests?

-Howard