Re: [Boost-users] how to help an object to delete itself the boost way

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] how to help an object to delete itself the boost way
From: Michael (mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-12-17 22:19:03

On December 17, 2015 9:50:20 PM EST, Richard Damon <Richard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>On 12/17/15 3:15 PM, Ireneusz Szcześniak wrote:
>> Hi Ian,
>>
>> Thanks for your email.  I only wonder how an object should trigger
>its 
>> deletion...
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Irek
>The big issue that I see is how do you know that the object was created
>
>via new? (that is the only sort of object that CAN be deleted).
>
>Also, if the object deletes itself, it somehow must make sure that no 
>one else has kept a copy of its address and might try to access after
>it 
>has deleted itself.
>
>Both of these questions, and some of your comments, point somewhat to 
>the idea that it might not be the object that wants to delete itself, 
>but that the object may be part of some framework, and it should inform
>
>the framework that it is done, and the framework can then remove the 
>object and delete it.

Exactly my observations. Some supervising, managing, contextual pattern must be in play.

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