Re: [boost] [Root Pointer] Ultimate test - Neural Network

Subject: Re: [boost] [Root Pointer] Ultimate test - Neural Network
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-03-18 21:49:37

Phil Bouchard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wrote a small utility that reads PDFs over the Internet and converts the 
> text into a tree of regular expressions.  The goal here is to test 
> root_ptr<> and see if it will stand up to this complexity.
>
> The code is very simple for the moment as you can see:
> https://github.com/philippeb8/root_ptr/blob/master/example/t100_test1.cpp

I'm probably missing something... but isn't this kind of use enabled much 
more easily by using list<node> for the root and ordinary node* for the 
internal pointers? Once the list is destroyed everything is swept away, no 
need for smart pointers of any kind?