Does this patch for boost/scoped_array.hpp look useful? < T * release() // never throws < { < T * result = ptr; < ptr = 0; < return result; < } < It allows me to use boost::scoped_array almost like an auto_ptr: int* foo(size) { boost::scoped_array<int> result(new int[size]); // do something to result // if an exception is thrown result will be cleaned up return result.release(); } void bar() { boost::scoped_array<int> foo_result(foo(1000)); // code is still exception safe } I wouldn't need this if - we had std::auto_array (don't think it exists) - std::vector<int>(size) wouldn't do the default construction of all elements and I didn't care about having two pointers instead of just one (sometimes I actually do care) - boost::scoped_array::ptr was protected instead of private so that I could inherit and add release() Are there arguments for not adding release()? Cheers, Ralf __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com