Re: [Boost-users] Suggestion for boost`s smart pointers

On Nov 29, 2006, at 11:45 AM, Maitre Bart wrote:

Still, the method used by shared_ptr<> is very useful: it hides the deleter in a template class the derives from a normal base class that is a member of the shared_ptr<>. So when you defines the smart pointer with a deleter, you avoid describing the full specialization.

That is the reason why I suggested to reuse the shared_ptr<> astuce in scoped_ptr<>.

You might want to check out Jonathan Turkanis' dynamic_move_ptr: http://home.comcast.net/~jturkanis/move_ptr/ which does this. It costs an associated size swelling, but can be handy if you're willing to pay for it. Fwiw, here's a poor man's version of that using unique_ptr (or Jonathan's static_move_ptr): typedef unique_ptr PtrType; Now you can use PtrType with any function pointer. You just have to supply the function pointer in the constructor. Template aliases would make this a little nicer (or a templated wrapper class). It's a compromise between a fully dynamic deleter (like shared_ptr) and a fully static deleter (like unique_ptr). The cost is sizeof(PtrType) is two words, but there's no extra internal allocation. -Howard