From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-13 13:06:02
At 07:49 AM 3/13/00 -0800, Stephen Cleary wrote:
>... I don't like splitting up our smart pointers into several
>dozen classes with hard-to-remember naming schemes or obscure
template
>parameters.
Agreed. Maybe a single template parameter (in addition to T) which
specifies a traits class can hide the details. With a default to
something "good enough" for most or at least many uses.
> So I guess I don't have a solution; this is just a
>description of the problem.
That is valuable. Having a taxonomy at least lets us talk about the
alternatives.
--Beman