On 05/26/10 17:37, Bartlett, Roscoe A wrote:
Hello Boost developers,
I am interested in finding one or more individuals who are knowledgeable about memory management in C++ (and especially of the reference-counting approach taken by boost::shared_ptr and boost::weak_ptr) to review an idea for a comprehensive approach to safer memory management in C++ that encapsulates all raw C++ pointers in high-level code. The technical report for the approach is:
Teuchos C++ Memory Management Classes, Idioms, and Related Topics The Complete Reference A Comprehensive Strategy for Safe and Efficient Memory Management in C++ for High Performance Computing
and can be found at:
http://www.cs.sandia.gov/~rabartl/TeuchosMemoryManagementSAND.pdf
Page 79 contains: there is no bullet-proof way to address circular references However, there's some titles with "cyclic reference counting" here: http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/rej/gcbib/gcbibL.html They have disadvantages; however, obviously some methods do exist; hence, "no bullet-proof" way seems a bit harsh to me.