Re: [boost] [SmartPointers] Determine interest in a new pointer wrapper class "flex_ptr"

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Olaf van der Spek wrote:

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 11:04 PM, Jakob Riedle wrote:

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Furthermore it always is owning, even though ownership is shared in between instances.

A null-deleter would make it basically non-owning..

Right, and with a custom deleter, I believe, one can implement what flex_ptr provides. However, this looks like misuse to me since unique_ptr is supposed to imply unique ownership.