> David Abrahams wrote: > > "Phil Nash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Pointers are Resources > >> Resources are not (all) Pointers. > > > > Actually, > > > > Pointers *refer to* resources > > Not all pointers refer to (are) resources > > I like word games: > > Not all resources are referred to using pointers.
Yes yes, I know I know :-s > I like the idea of changing smart_ptr to smart_resource, or smart_handle. Great :-) Although I think "handle" implies a narrower application than resource (or at least is more open to interpretation). I like "resource" because it links it more firmly with the RAII concept (not that I am a big fan of that choice of words....!). [..] > Anyway, my point is: I'd be very much in favour of shared_resource OR > renaming smart_ptr to smart_resource. (where the PBSP is demphasised from > being smart pointer, to a general smart resource handler) Thanks for your comments, Sam. For the record I don't think we should lose the name "smart_ptr" as it is too important and idiomatic. Rather it should conceptually be a subset of smart_resource - however the physical relationaship is represented in code. Regards, [)o IhIL.. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
