Re: std::auto_ptr and const correctness
jens.muaddib@googlemail.com wrote:
[...]
I found a flaw in the
definition of std:.auto_ptr which breaks const-correctness
[...]
template<typename T>
class AutoPtr
{
public:
explicit AutoPtr(T* ptr) : t(ptr) {}
T* operator->() {return t;}
T const* operator->() const {return t;}
T* get() {return t;}
T const* get() const {return t;}
private:
T* t;
};
[...]
Additionally, the standards specifies std::auto_ptr to have the
following members:
// 20.4.5.2 members:
X& operator*() const throw();
X* operator>()
const throw();
X* get() const throw();
X* release() throw();
void reset(X* p =0) throw();
Is there any reason why the methods are specified const but return a
non-const pointer? I know that std::auto_ptr is deprecated, but this
looks as a serious flaw.
For the same reason
int* get( int* const p ) { return p; }
works. An auto_ptr models a pointer; a const auto_ptr can't be modified,
but that says nothing of what it points to. Sounds like you want a smart
pointer which sort of models the object pointed to, so that a const smart
pointer to a non-const object can still only give you a pointer to const
object.
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