> I like leakPtr. > > Personally, releasePtr() is so close to release() (which is safe) that I > could easily overlook it in a code review and not realize that it hands off a > raw pointer with a ref count on it. > > dave
+1 Anders once argued against the name leakPtr, "Well, then you might as well rename 'malloc' to 'leak'." The more I think about it, though, the more I think that "malloc" really should be named "leak", at least from the WebKit project's perspective. Geoff _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev

