Re: [reSIProcate] compilation issues

[Alan Hawrylyshen <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 16, 2004, at 00:50, Jason Fischl wrote:

> Use this instead:
>
> std::auto_ptr<ClientAuthManager> clientAuth(new 
> ClientAuthManager(profile));
>
> auto_ptr will delete whatever pointer it is wrapping when it goes out 
> of
> scope.

Another 'gotcha' for auto_ptr objects:
        Assignment transfers ownership.
        Given the above clientAuth, and the following code:

        std::auto_ptr<ClientAuthManager> other(clientAuth);

        clientAuth no longer references the 'new ClientAuthManager', only
        'other' does.  This means that auto_ptr<> objects are incompatible with
	STL containers (you cannot have a container of auto_ptrs since the 
standard containers use the copy ctor and assignment operators to move 
entries around within the container).

Alan

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