On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Frank Mori Hess<frank.hess@nist.gov> wrote:
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On Thursday 16 July 2009, Gottlob Frege wrote:
- Maybe a more generic smart_ptr IS what we need (ie towards Loki policy-based SmartPtr). Particularly since I've seen the same discussion about intrusive_ptr. Or maybe not. It is worth considering. One ptr to rule them all? (There would still be the specialized smart_ptr and intrusive_ptr of course, for simplicity and compatibility.)
I suggest searching the archives of this mailing list for background first. For example, there were many long threads about this in 2002, for example:
That is somewhat my point - the topic keeps coming up, so maybe we should finally do it. (Or maybe we need a FAQ saying "don't go there".) In 2002 there seemed to be lots of policy design discussion. It would be interesting to know if we've learned anything over the years. Tony