Re: Using assignment operator when rhs is temporary object.
Vladimir Grigoriev wrote:
I have seen that I may not do the following with std::auto_ptr
const std::auto_ptr<int> & f()
{
static std::auto_ptr<int> ai( new int( 10 ) );
return ( ai );
}
main()
{
const std::auto_ptr<int> ai = f();
}
Yes, and? auto_ptr is designed to give exclusive ownership, i.e. that only a
single auto_ptr instance ever has ownership of the pointee. Depending on
how you would like said code to be interpreted, either you would end up
with two auto_ptrs pointing at the same pointee or with an auto_ptr being
modified through a reference-to-const-auto_ptr.
Note: Just in case you want the pointee instead of the pointer to become
const, you need an auto_ptr<int const>.
int* <~> auto_ptr<int>
int const* <~> auto_ptr<int const>
int* const <~> auto_ptr<int> const
Uli
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