From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-30 09:52:15
From: "Ed Brey" <brey_at_[hidden]>
> The constructor for boost::scoped_ptr's has an overload for std::auto_ptr,
which is good,
> IMHO. However, its reset member has no similar overload. This seems like
an oversight.
> Is it?
The motivating case for this constructor was
std::auto_ptr<X> createX();
scoped_ptr<X> px(createX());
Nobody requested a reset(auto_ptr) method. FWIW, shared_ptr uses operator=
for this purpose, and not reset(), but scoped_ptr has no assignment
operators.