Re: [Boost-users] Re: Rationale for intrusive_ptr?

--- At Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:18:14 -0800, Brian Neal wrote:

I didn't think about using it when you have a function that takes a shared_ptr but you need to pass in this.

Before Boost I had my own version of shared pointer that used an intrusive method. This was the most interesting part of using the intrusive method. The intrusive method allows you to move from shared_ptr to raw pointer and back to shared pointer. This is not a common application of shared_ptr which is why the non-intrusive version is so popular. But when you need intrusive, you know you need it. ...Duane