From: Richard Jennings (Richard.Jennings_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-16 03:08:31
>
> > b) If I recall correctly, the borland version of scoped_ptr
> fails when
> > the type is incomplete - which makes it not useful for implementing
> > the PIMPL idiom.
>
> it always fails unless the destructor is included first in
> the cpp file IIRC.
>
Sadly this does not work on BCB even if the destructor is defined in the
cpp file, which means that scoped_ptr can't be used for pimpl with this
compiler. The details are here:
http://listarchives.boost.org/Archives/boost/2001/12/21796.php
You can of course use shared_ptr, but then the intention is less clear.