Hi > Believe me, if you don't use them already, smart pointers are the most > valuable programming resource you can get familiar with. There are all > flavors of them, COM smart pointers, memory manager smart pointers (like > std::auto_ptr, Boost.smart_ptr, and Loki's smart pointers), and custom ones > (the ones that you write to do your custom cleanup. They are an important > part of the Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) paradigm, and a > must-learn technique.
I couldn't agree more with Ehsan! Every C++ programmer should be using smart pointers and many don't even know they exist or consider RAII. This is why I am speaking about them at this years ACCU conference. Regards Paul Paul Grenyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.paulgrenyer.co.uk Have you met Aeryn: http://www.paulgrenyer.co.uk/aeryn/? Version 0.3.0 beta now ready for download
