Re: [boost] [smart_ptr] Is there any interest in unique_ptr with type erased deleter?

Richard Hodges wrote:

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Here's a first cut of a polymorphic deleter...

It's easier to write if you wrap boost::detail::shared_count. That way you'd even be able to form weak pointers (although I'm not sure we have the necessary public interface for that.)

shared_ptr<void> works as a deleter too, this keeps us entirely within the public interface, but we'll waste a pointer. Although with it you'll be able to use make_shared inside make_poly_unique.

Although on second thought both of these break horribly after release().