Re: [Boost-Users] Can shared_ptr release ownership of a pointer without destroy it?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-10 08:20:57

Black Ice wrote:
> As following manner:
>
> shared_ptr<Foo> ptr(new Foo());
> ...
> Foo * p = ptr.release();

No, it cannot. If you want to release ownership, use auto_ptr. In general,
you can't destroy the shared_ptr pointer yourself, since you don't know how
the shared_ptr has been created.