Re: [boost] [SmartPointers] Determine interest in a new pointer wrapper class "flex_ptr"

Subject: Re: [boost] [SmartPointers] Determine interest in a new pointer wrapper class "flex_ptr"
From: Olaf van der Spek (ml_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-24 04:14:24

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Andrey Semashev
<andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Olaf van der Spek <ml_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 11:04 PM, Jakob Riedle <jakob.riedle_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>      Furthermore it always is owning, even though ownership is shared in between instances.
>>
>> A null-deleter would make it basically non-owning..
>
> Right, and with a custom deleter, I believe, one can implement what
> flex_ptr provides. However, this looks like misuse to me since
> unique_ptr is supposed to imply unique ownership.

We're talking about shared_ptr.

-- 
Olaf