Re: std::auto_ptr with malloc

Ivan Novick wrote:


There is another class that can be used to free malloc'ed blocks. In
fact, it's looks like this:

     struct StMalloc
     {
         StMalloc(void *p = NULL)
             : p_( p)
         {
         }

         void * get() const { return p_; }

         ~StMalloc()
         {
             if ( p_ != NULL)
                 free( p_);
         }

     private:
         void operator=(void *) const;
              StMalloc(const StMalloc& );

         void * p_;
     };

StMalloc is not as widely known as std::auto_ptr, but then give it
time, it is only a few minutes old. :-) I guess my point is that -
unlike shared pointers which are tricky to implement - all stack-based
resource manager classes follow the same basic pattern. So if you can't
find an existing class that you like, write one yourself, or use mine
(just be sure to test it first if you do).

Greg

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