Re: [boost] [smart ptr] Any interest in copy-on-write pointer for C++11?

Subject: Re: [boost] [smart ptr] Any interest in copy-on-write pointer for C++11?
From: Alexander Lamaison (awl03_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-09 09:40:54

Ralph Tandetzky <ralph.tandetzky_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On 02/09/2013 07:13 AM, Mathias Gaunard wrote:
>
> I would really like to get feedback on the design of cow_ptr<T>
> <https://github.com/ralphtandetzky/cow_ptr.git> rather than
> discussing, if copy-on-write is a useful pattern in general.

No doubt.  As an author that's only natural.  But this debate, about
whether the library even needs to exist, is a necessary and vital part
of the process, and keeps Boost the quality that it is.

Don't take the scepticism personally.  It's just the way peer review
works.

Alex

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