Re: [boost] [Smart Pointers]

Subject: Re: [boost] [Smart Pointers]
From: Rahul Sr (srivasrrahul_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-09 08:41:01

Thanks for input it does serve me well for some of the cases (where a
single copy is required).
However I face similar problem for shared_ptr as well.
When ref count is 0 it will only call delete. Is there a way I can add
mine?

Regards,
Rahul

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Arpan Sen <arpansen_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> why not just use unique_ptr with custom deleter function?
>
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Rahul Sr <srivasrrahul_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>       This is my first post though so please bear with my sentences.
>>
>> I have used scoped_ptr but this is too tied with new/delete semantics i.e.
>> can't use it with pointers which gets allocated from specialized memory
>> area.
>>
>> class AManager
>> {
>>      public:
>>      A * allocate();
>>      void deallocate(A * p);
>> };
>>
>> class A
>> {
>>    .....
>> };
>>
>> This specially happens when I use scoped pointer for C like
>> pointers/allocator:
>>
>>
>> Can I modify scoped pointer to have release semantics which is user
>> defined:
>>
>> template<typename T>
>> class DefaultReleasePolicy
>> {
>>     static void releaseA(T * p)
>>     {
>>              delete p;
>>      }
>> };
>>
>> class ReleaseAPolicy
>> {
>>     static void releaseA(A * p)
>>     {
>>       AManager::getInstance()->deallocate(p);
>>     }
>> };
>>
>> template<typename T,typemame ReleasePolicy = DefaultReleasePolicy<T> >
>> class ScopedPtrModified
>> {
>>        ~ScopedPtrModified()
>>        {
>>              ReleasePolicy::release(m_ptr);
>>
>>        }
>> };
>>
>>
>> Is this fine? Let me know your thoughts.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rahul
>>
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