Re: [boost] [block_ptr] & Java

Subject: Re: [boost] [block_ptr] & Java
From: Phil Bouchard (philippe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-03 17:33:00

On 9/3/2013 5:16 PM, Klaim - Joël Lamotte wrote:
>
> All the rest is confuse to me so far, but then I have a quesiton:
> Can block_ptr be considered as a specific implementation of shared_ptr
> which allows cycles?
> If yes, what are the costs for the user, compared to shared_ptr?

It uses some base classes from shared_ptr but it is distinct from 
shared_ptr (you can't cast a shared_ptr to a block_ptr and vice-versa).

block_ptr is a cycle manager on top of a shared_ptr but the 
sizeof(block_ptr) remains == to sizeof(shared_ptr).

-Phil