From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-24 11:05:57
"Philippe A. Bouchard" <philippeb_at_[hidden]> writes:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>> "Philippe A. Bouchard" <philippeb_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> I would like to propose partial<> when you wish to postpone an
>>> object's construction:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/shifted_ptr/partial.hpp
>>
>> How is this different from the recently-accepted optional<T> class
>> template?
>
> 1) Submission time ;)
> 2) Placement operator new (size_t, boost::optional<T> &) definition which I
> highly suggest.
Your response is a bit too terse for me to understand. Care to
clarify a bit?
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com