Gennadiy Rozental wrote: > Mutex locking is a simple example of resource management idiom. All flavors > of resource management are easily implemented in terms of policy based smart > pointers (don't allow name to confuse you). In this particular case most > probably all that you need is a custom StoragePolicy. Now you can enjoy all > the variety of ownership policies supplied with smart_ptr or design your own > for very specific needs.
To use an old English idiom, I think you are putting the cart before the horse [as did Modern C++ Design, IMNSHO] Resource protection is a useful concept, and pointers are simply another resource that needs protecting. It makes little sense to dereference a mutex, for instance. This is one of the defining concepts of a pointer. Rather, I think if we seek a generic implementation the 'base' concept is resource protection, and smart pointers are a refinement of this concept. -- AlisdairM _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
