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Subject: Re: [boost] [optional] memory use for optional refs and ptrs
From: Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve (rwgk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-05 16:56:50
Rutger ter Borg wrote:
> However, it seems that cases which are usually space-efficient optionals
> (e.g., ptrs in the form of a null-ptr) do not have template specializations.
In case this applies to your use case:
Stores a null pointer if the value is not defined, uses "new" to allocate space
for a value if given. This has been very useful for managing objects that are
rarely needed: the memory overhead is just one pointer for the common case when
the object is not needed.
Ralf
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