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Subject: Re: [boost] enable_shared_from_this2
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-03 13:16:00


Frank Mori Hess wrote:
> > So long as we're innovating, consider adding weak_from_raw as well. It
> > can give you an expired weak_ptr to 'this' from within a destructor,
> > which is useful for deregistration.
>
> I think that would require an aliasing constructor for weak_ptr, or friend
> access to weak_ptr.

Yes, you're right, I was thinking in terms of the old and busted
enable_shared_from_this.

> Perhaps a modification of weak_ptr::_internal_assign(), which no longer
> seems to be used?

Feel free to remove its second argument. :-)


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