Re: [Boost-users] Convert boost::shared_ptr to std::shared_ptr for boost::dll::import

On Friday, April 13, 2018, Chris Glover wrote:

There are of course other reasons for choosing the boost variant over the std variant, even outside of boost. Four that often influence me are:

- Boost often offers an extended API - Boost components can be forward declared - Boost offers the same implementation across platforms - I can fix a boost version should I need to

My projects tend to reach for boost over std for most components as a result of this.

-- chris

Additionally, speaking specifically about boost::shared_ptr here: 1. Reasons some users choose boost::shared_ptr in C++11 and C++14 code: - shared_ptr (C++17 only) - local_shared_ptr<T> (Boost only, interoperates with boost::shared_ptr<T>) 2. Reasons some users choose boost::shared_ptr in C++17 code: - make_shared and allocate_shared (C++20 only) - local_shared_ptr<T> (Boost only, interoperates with boost::shared_ptr<T>) 3. Reasons some users choose boost::shared_ptr in C++2a code: - make_shared and allocate_shared (until all vendors implement it) - local_shared_ptr<T> (Boost only, interoperates with boost::shared_ptr<T>) Glen