--- In Boost-Users@y..., "Peter Dimov" <pdimov@m...> wrote:
From: "Jim Hyslop" <jim.hyslop@l...>
The documentation at http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm states that "T may be void, but in that case, either an explicit delete function must be passed in, or the pointed-to object must have a trivial destructor."
Well, it no longer does; see the version in the CVS that is more up to date (but still needs work.) Ah, of course.
Again, see the documentation in the CVS.
Do I detect a theme here? :-)
I'm writing an article on the smart pointers for the CUJ, and I'd like to know if I can correctly state "The default behavior for shared_ptr is [...] Not really... The "default behavior" of shared_ptr<> is to _not_ require complete types unless necessary. Yes, poor wording on my part - I don't know why I used the phrase "default behavior" applied to a single-argument ctor. Good thing the article is still in the draft stage!
Hopefully this makes sense. ;-) Yes, thanks. I've just refreshed my CVS checkout. I noticed at least one other new item, shared_polymorphic_downcast, has been added, so I'll have to re-read the documentation and the files to make sure I'm up to date.
Thanks for the tips! -- Jim