Re: [boost] [shared_ptr] delete shared_ptr

Subject: Re: [boost] [shared_ptr] delete shared_ptr
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-17 15:37:12

pavel wrote:
>  Kenny wrote on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 22:08:51:
> > On 3/17/2011 2:13 PM, pavel wrote:
>
> >> and at last can you please give a couple of reasons why
> >> delete'ing smart pointers is a bad idea?
>
> > Because it's a lie.  "delete" should delete something, and
> > not be overloaded to perform non-obvious, unrelated logic.
> > A perfect example is how the proposed usage of "delete"
> > confused Frank Mori Hess.  Was it unreasonable for him to
> > see "delete" and assume that it was actually deleting
> > something?
>
> i disagree with you
> in my view it perfectly fits
> and i believe Frank just misread my message

I completely agree with Kenny.  The pointer isn't deleted.  "delete" has very specific semantics and you are changing those to be something nebulous along this line: cannot be referenced any longer in this scope, whatever affect it may have on other code or the resource.

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