--- me22 <me22.ca@gmail.com> wrote:
Though that would suggest adding auto_array, which is something whose use shouldn't be encouraged, imho...
Could you please explain why? What is your solution for the situation in my original posting? Here it is again, this time with auto_array: auto_array<int> foo(unsigned size) { auto_array<int> result(new int[size]); // do something to result // if an exception is thrown result will be cleaned up return result; } void bar() { auto_array<int> foo_result(foo(1000)); // code is still exception safe } Note that I don't want reference counting overhead (shared_array) or the overhead associated with std::vector (two pointers instead of just one, default construction on resize or lots of push_backs, deepcopy semantics). Ralf __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com