From 5535015552115429658 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,df06663c0326d841 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,df06663c0326d841 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Alexandre Oliva Subject: Re: auto_ptr copy semantics Date: 1999/04/15 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 466706738 Approved: Valentin Bonnard References: <7el5br$kjj$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Original-Date: 10 Apr 1999 02:43:07 -0300 Organization: IC - UNICAMP - Campinas, SP, Brazil X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBVAwUANxXj0awEuYhIxRhxAQEdQQH+P9Og9oi5/L/TZLcpglek9nREsZabgJ3e x28mn3VLGvyppkPHl66izntEmfX8A+mAJ8RAIa38yU6oHkhXoApapg== =pJQP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Gnus/5.07008 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.80) XEmacs/20.4 (Emerald) Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.std.c++ On Apr 10, 1999, sjm@cae.co.uk wrote: > What is the rationale behind the copy semantics of auto_ptr > transfering ownership of its contained pointer? You can safely return newed objects from functions. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.dcc.unicamp.br/~oliva IC-Unicamp, Brasil {oliva,Alexandre.Oliva}@dcc.unicamp.br aoliva@{acm.org,computer.org} oliva@{gnu.org,kaffe.org,{egcs,sourceware}.cygnus.com,samba.org} *** E-mail about software projects will be forwarded to mailing lists --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]