Re: [Boost-users] scoped_ptr help.

On 30/09/05, John Sun wrote:

Appreciate your help, can you explain what's the rationale that you use "reset" instead of a simple more natural way of "assign".

For one, that's the way that auto_ptr does it. Second, plain assignment can cause hidden bugs because it would take ownership of something in the middle where it's hard to notice. You can just construct a new smart pointer and assign the temporary to the one you want to change, anyways. - Scott