Re: [Boost-users] newbie question on preferred method to use shared_ptrs

From: me22 (me22.ca_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-15 20:08:14

On 2/15/06, Perry Smith <pedz_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> The first has the extra overhead of creating a second shared_ptr.
> The second worries me... It just seems like "reset" is not what I
> would call the method to do what I want to do (but maybe it is).
>

reset is exactly what you're looking for
http://boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#reset

int fun() {
    dog.reset( new int );
    // ...
}

~ Scott