Re: [boost] [Block Pointer] Review Request

Subject: Re: [boost] [Block Pointer] Review Request
From: Phil Bouchard (philippe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-01 14:39:01

On 5/1/2011 10:52 AM, Mathias Gaunard wrote:
>
> The documentation doesn't seem to address the problems cycles cause with
> destructors, could you maybe write a bit about that?

No problem.  I just added a noted to the cyclic section:
https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/block_ptr/libs/smart_ptr/doc/rationale.html#cyclicism

> In C++/CLI, types that can be garbage collected and types that can't
> have separate structures for good reasons.

I think garbage collected types need non-deterministic finalizers.

-Phil