Re: [boost] [new Warnings policy] MS C4180 on the Maintenance Guidelines

Subject: Re: [boost] [new Warnings policy] MS C4180 on the Maintenance Guidelines
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-18 10:18:59

2009/11/18 Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]>:
>
> I note that this will mean quite a lot of work for some people as "if (ptr) ..."
> is such a common (and IMO dreadful) idiom.
>

What do you propose as a superior idiom that will work with pointers,
smart pointers, optional, ...?  Slapping double-exclamation points
everywhere is no better.