Re: [boost] [shared_ptr] Design question about make_shared

[Emil Dotchevski]

I wouldn't say that make_shared goes out of its way to be a free function -- it is a free function by default, so to speak. You need to have an upside to making something a member function, something that offsets the price you're paying in terms of coupling.

That's reasonable. Or to put it another way, "don't be bloaty like std::string". STL