On 10/06/2012 11:59 AM, _ wrote: > Not that I think that STL/Boost are not great solutions for many > problems out there. > But the fact is that there is and always will be c/c++ code that can't > and will not use it.
But surely the set of people refusing to use C++ smart pointers is the same set that will refuse to use your -fsmart-pointers. > C or C like templateless C++ code is still domain of most os / > drivers source code out there. > Just go agead and try to ask Linus to wrap all pointers to stl > templates ;D And he'd have the same response to -fsmart-pointers. Face it, the only real differences a compiler builtin would bring are: 1. A fossilized "smart pointer type". 2. A different declaration syntax. Andrew.
