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

Subject: Re: [boost] [Root Pointer] Ultimate test - Neural Network
From: Phil Bouchard (philippeb8_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-03-18 22:13:44

On 03/18/2016 09:49 PM, Peter Dimov wrote:
> 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?

neuron_base got sub lists that will need to be explicitly destroyed as 
well in this case.

I will make it even more complex & cyclic tomorrow.