Re: [boost] deleting smart pointer

Subject: Re: [boost] deleting smart pointer
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-18 17:41:23

pavel wrote:

> rephrasing your words: how is 'delete p' a bad idea? it's obvious it is 
> almost like 'p.reset()'

There is a specific compile-fail test in shared_ptr for 'delete p'. The 
reason that you typically need this to be a compile-time error is that when 
transitioning a large code base from raw pointers to shared_ptr you usually 
want the compiler to point these out to you so that you can decide what to 
do with them.