Re: sample auto_ptr template

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From: john (j.d.) hickin
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:56

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|> What you can do is design your code so that you know who owns each object when.
|> The auto_ptr template can help you implement such designs safely.  If you
|> cannot design your code to work with auto_ptr you probably need garbage
|> collection of some form.

I have no problem with this approach which is, in fact, forced on one by the
sample implementation, because it is no longer possible to determine ownership
through a member function.

-- 
John Hickin      Nortel Technology, Montreal, Quebec
(514) 765-7924   hickin@nortel.ca



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