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From: Kobi Cohen-Arazi (kobi.cohenarazi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-22 16:19:05


Hi

As far as we know, boost::shared_ptr has a locking overhead when
inc/dec is invoked.

I wonder:
1. Is it using atomic op?
2. Why Alexandrescu policy based shared_ptr was rejected?
3. What can we do in order to be able to use shared_ptr without that overhead?

Thanks,
Kobi.


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