Re: [boost] Looking for thoughts on a new smart pointer: shared_ptr_nonnull

Subject: Re: [boost] Looking for thoughts on a new smart pointer: shared_ptr_nonnull
From: Jeff Flinn (jeffrey.flinn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-03 14:07:21

On 10/3/2013 1:18 PM, Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> On 03-10-2013 19:04, Andrey Semashev wrote:
>> On Thursday 03 October 2013 18:37:45 Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
>
>>>
>>> with use like
>>>
>>>
>>>     shared_obj<Foo> sharedFoo = make_shared_obj( 42, "foo" );
>>>
>>> would be good names.
>>
>> I agree, this is a good alternative. Although why not immediately this:
>>
>>    shared_obj<Foo> sharedFoo( 42, "foo" );
>>
>
> Seems good. As long as it implements the "allocate counts and object in
> one allocation".

And now there's no pointer argument with preconditions to worry about, 
and no issue with pointer/bool conversion since it's not a pointer.

Jeff