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From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-26 16:12:04


Frank Mori Hess a écrit :

> One of the motivations for the singleton pattern is making it impossible to
> instantiate more than one instance of the class, which something which is
> unintrusive cannot accomplish. Maybe I'm missing something however, as I
> don't see the point of boost::global<T> at all?

I spoke too quickly (in truth, I don't care about singletons, so I
didn't pay too much attention). Both approaches have their merits.
In any case the difference isn't just a matter of taste.


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