Re: [Boost-users] scoped_ptr::release (again)

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] scoped_ptr::release (again)
From: anony (janezz55_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-26 07:17:45

I'm sorry if I'm a bit lame, but if you mean the
boost::interprocess::unique_ptr; the deleter is not optional and if you
mean std::unique_ptr... I can't find an implementation of it in boost. I
don't know if it's supported in gcc yet... How am I to use it then?

> unique_ptr offers exactly that set too, along with:
> 
>  - possible to move pointers.
>  - ability to use custom deleter if you want (I don't know if scoped_ptr
> offers that.. it is zero overhead if you don't use it).
> 
> The only reasons to use scoped_ptr over unique_ptr, once it is present,
> will be if you don't want to be able to move things around. Probably the
> nicest feature of unique_ptr of scoped_ptr is that it can be returned
> from functions.
> 
> Chris