Re: A Sample auto_ptr implementation

From:
Barry <dhb2000@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:52:57 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<56321f8a-bc4b-48a1-80f0-424f178abc12@u29g2000pro.googlegroups.com>
On Oct 15, 11:22 pm, Hendrik Schober <spamt...@gmx.de> wrote:

Barry wrote:

[...]
There's a reversion for auto_ptr (IIRC, a article is proviede by Mayer
on
this), adding auto_ptr_ref for conversion, which supports rvalue
initialization for auto_ptr. which is done transparently.


  The guy's name is Scott Meyers and the article is here:
   http://www.aristeia.com/BookErrata/auto_ptr-update.html

[...]
there are two problem with visual C++ 2005 in this issue:
1. as extension, "explicit" does NOT work as standard says.
   needs /Za switch to turn it off.


  Do you have a repro for this? I'd be very interested.


#include <memory>

int main()
{
    std::auto_ptr<int> p1 = new int(10); // this shouldn't work
    std::auto_ptr<int> p2(new int(10)); // should be like this!
}

=================
d:\>cl /EHsc test.cpp

Compile successfully!
=================

d:\>cl /EHsc /Za test.cpp
cl /EHsc /Za test.cpp
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50727.42
for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

test.cpp
test.cpp(5) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'int
*' to 'std::auto_ptr<_Ty>'
        with
        [
            _Ty=int
        ]
        Constructor for class 'std::auto_ptr<_Ty>' is declared
'explicit'
        with
        [
            _Ty=int
        ]

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