Subject: Re: [boost] std::map::find() wrapper
From: Olaf van der Spek (ml_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-05 10:21:52
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Stewart, Robert <Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Nevin Liber wrote:
>>
>> I have a hard time imaging a useable code base which has a
>> convention that any time a pointer is returned one should
>> assume that the memory must be deleted by the caller.
>
> That used to be the norm before smart pointers caught on. I cannot say how common it is today, but the possibility exists.
Really? Got any reference for that?