ok.. I know its a bit late (been on travel). I started using it just after I came back to work. It works very well. - I support it into boost. - One comment on documentation. The ctor and destructor should be defined in the same file as the private struct. I dont find that clearly stated in the docs. The following will not compile (msvc 2005) when Test.h is used in another file than Test.cpp. // Test.h class Test { public: Test(); // defined in Test.cpp ~Test(){} private: class Private; boost::pimpl_ptr<Private> d; }; Regards. Knut On Mon, 15 May 2006 02:45:40 +0200, Rene Rivera <grafik.list@redshift-software.com> wrote:

The review of the pimpl_ptr library by Asger Mangaard starts today, Monday May 15th, 2006, and runs through May 25th, 2006. (Boost Reviews RSS feed <http://tinyurl.com/ogpj6>)

Pimpl Pointer -------------

:Author: Asger Mangaard

:Download: Boost Sandbox (http://boost-consulting.com/vault/) as "pimpl_ptr.zip". Direct download at <http://tinyurl.com/m66ox>.

:Description: The pimpl idiom is widely used to reduce compile times and disable code coupling. It does so by moving private parts of a class from the .hpp file to the .cpp file. However, it's implementation can be tricky, and with many pitfalls (especially regarding memory management). The pimpl_ptr library is a single header file, implementing a special policy based smart pointer to greatly ease the implementation of the pimpl idiom.

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