"Alisdair Meredith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Yet I always find myself turning to either scoped_ptr (practically > essential with the borland VCL), std::auto_ptr (for returning from > factory-type functions) or shared_ptr (for just about everything else) > > The simplicity is simply too big a lure. Although we could tune and > focus our pointers more effectively using policies and Loki, we then > have the complexity of many pointer types running through our code, and > having to remember the nuances of how each one was defined. Using the > basic 3 mentioned above simply cuts out the clutter.
I agree with you that simplicity is great. In wake of your down-to-earth arguments, I think maybe it would be better to cease thinking that policy-based smart pointers are an appealing solution. Many designs I myself have seen here and there are a turnoff because they fail to draw the proverbial line in the sand and find that nice elegant balance between simplicity and completeness. Andrei _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
