"Peter Dimov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 009501c2c923$b4de48a0$1d00a8c0@pdimov2">news:009501c2c923$b4de48a0$1d00a8c0@pdimov2... > [...] > shared_ptr keeps a copy of p in the "ownership policy" (the count > structure.) Its "storage policy" (px) doesn't own the pointer. But I may > be misunderstanding the context.
Well, if *I* understand correctly, you have a "fat count". But since it is shared among pointers, it's a constant cost per object. I thought Dave A was talking about storing p multiple times *per pointer*. That's what I thought was really fat. Dave _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost