Re: [Boost-users] [smart_ptr]why scoped_ptr c ann't used in this case, yet shared_ptr ca n

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-13 05:06:41

Zara wrote:

> The scoped_ptr is defined to be simple and to load as little as
> possible the code using it. To uses all potimizations possible, it's
> been designed in such a way that the struct pointed byt it must be
> completely defined when the pointer is declared, so you should replace

No, the type needs to be complete at destruction time, not at 
declaration time of the pointer.

> the forward declaration "class C>Peer;"  with the full declaration
> (typically, ibcluding its corresponding header

Markus