On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 17:46, E. Gladyshev wrote: > --- Peter Dimov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You can use all smart pointers except shared_ptr and shared_array as they do > > not allocate any memory. In particular, intrusive_ptr is a good candidate if > > memory is a concern as it has smaller memory footprint than shared_ptr. > > Thanks, I'll consider it next time. > However if Boost doesn't have a clear memory management > concept, how can I guarantee that the next time around, > intrusive_ptr or something else in boost > won't start allocating memory under the covers. > It is perfectly legal in Boost. > How will I even know it, the documentation is completely > ignorant on the memory issues.
Both dynamic_bitset and multi_array are allocator enabled. array isn't for obvious reasons. What you are looking for is a policy based smart pointer. Boost does not *yet* have one of these, although David Held has one under development in the sandbox but I don't know what state it is in. Policy based design is fairly recent and people are experimenting with them. But then you probably wouldn't want to put experimental code into production ;-). /ikh _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
