Re: [Boost-Users] Why "explicit" in shared_ptr's constructor?

From: George A. Heintzelman (georgeh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-28 12:09:30

> You could shorten things with this (untested) function:
> 
> template <typename T>
> boost::shared_ptr<T> make_sp(T* p)
> {
> 	return boost::shared_ptr<T>(p);
> }

Which, IMHO, should be added to the boost shared pointer library (as 
make_shared_ptr) along with a version which takes auto_ptr<T> (which 
shared_ptr also has an explicit constructor for).

George Heintzelman
georgeh_at_[hidden]