Re: [boost] new smart pointer suggestion

On 1/1/06, Preston A. Elder <prez@neuromancy.net> wrote:

What does everyone think of a new smart pointer called deep_ptr.

This pointer would hold a unique pointer (only one copy at a time), but provide convenient syntax to have a deep copy of the underlying data on an operator= call.

I think the Policy Pointer in the review queue offers this functionality. The most recent version I'm aware of is in the boost-sandbox CVS: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/boost-sandbox/boost-sandbox/boost/poli... -- Caleb Epstein caleb dot epstein at gmail dot com