Re: [Boost-users] time date newbie problem

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-27 08:58:58

Richard wrote:
> In article <4772F58B.8080908_at_[hidden]>,
>     Jeff Garland <jeff_at_[hidden]>  writes:
> 
>> The new is NOT superfluous. The constructor of std::locale takes a pointer to
>> a reference counted facet -- effectively taking ownership of the memory.
> 
> Does it call delete on it?

Yes -- there's an internal reference count in the facet so that facets can be 
shared by multiple streams.

Jeff