[boost] [smart_ptr] shared_ptr template type

Subject: [boost] [smart_ptr] shared_ptr template type
From: Frank Mori Hess (frank.hess_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-09 10:49:58

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I wonder if it might be better/possible to have a shared_ptr<T> that didn't 
assume its corresponding "raw" pointer type was T* but rather T.  For 
example, what is now a shared_ptr<int> would be specified as a 
shared_ptr<int*>.  The motivation would be to allow support for other classes 
as the "raw" pointer type.  For example, I might want to have a 
shared_ptr<monitor<T*> > where the monitor<T*> has an operator->() which does 
automatic locking/unlocking of a mutex before/after forwarding the 
operator->() to the plain T pointer.
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