Re: [boost] deleting smart pointer

pavel wrote:

rephrasing your words: how is 'delete p' a bad idea? it's obvious it is almost like 'p.reset()'

There is a specific compile-fail test in shared_ptr for 'delete p'. The reason that you typically need this to be a compile-time error is that when transitioning a large code base from raw pointers to shared_ptr you usually want the compiler to point these out to you so that you can decide what to do with them.