On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:01 PM, Nicholas Nethercote <n.netherc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Kyle Huey <m...@kylehuey.com> wrote: >> Static*Ptrs are there to avoid >> static constructors and destructors so they can't clear themselves at >> shutdown. That means that they behave quite differently than >> "regular" smart pointers. Am I the only one who is bothered by this? > > To use them correctly, is it the case that you need to do one of the > following? > > - null them at some point, or > > - call ClearOnShutdown() on them at some point. > > The comments in StaticPtr.h don't make this clear. And > ClearOnShutdown.h is a separate file, and ClearOnShutdown() isn't > mentioned in StaticPtr.h. > > So I think they're useful -- being able to avoid static constructors > is important. But the documentation on how to use them could be much > clearer. > > Nick
Yes, that's correct. You have to clear them somehow before the process exits or we leak. - Kyle _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
