Re: [boost] [Smart Ptr] make_shared slower thanshared_ptr(new)on VC++9 (and 10) with fix

Subject: Re: [boost] [Smart Ptr] make_shared slower thanshared_ptr(new)on VC++9 (and 10) with fix
From: Stephan T. Lavavej (stl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-04-26 20:56:09

[STL]
> I was surprised when I learned that I was apparently the first one to 
> implement this - I just assumed that everyone would write it this way.

[Peter Dimov]
> The original implementation of boost::make_shared was completely 
> non-intrusive. I don't think that there was any real need for that, I 
> just felt like it. :-) 

That's reasonable for an initial implementation, of course. But because only shared_ptr's author can implement control blocks, if make_shared doesn't get its own control block, users can't implement this optimization themselves. So boost::make_shared's implementation should be changed now. :->

STL