Re: [Boost-users] [ptr_container] Does ptr_map delete objects if inserting fails?

From: Boris (boriss_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-24 10:42:34

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:05:18 +0300, Thorsten Ottosen  
<thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> [...]
>> I asked as it wasn't clear to me if the container takes responsibility  
>> for
>> deleting the second instance as after all it isn't stored in the
>> container. I understand now that the code is safe though. Thanks for  
>> your
>> reply!
>
> http://www.boost.org/libs/ptr_container/doc/ptr_multimap_adapter.html#modifiers
>
> in particular:
>
> "Effects: Takes ownership of x and returns an iterator pointing to it."

I wasn't sure if this applies to a successful insertion only and decided  
to ask here before risking a memory leak. :)

Boris