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From: Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Allocators and exceptions
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On 12 Wrz, 11:32, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
wrote:

> > Even in unrecoverable case I might want to gracefully reduce the
> > functionality of the system. Sorry, there will be no music today, but
> > please enjoy the party anyway - this sort of thing.
>
> Sure, but your design does not allow this.

Because it does not focus on this. It focuses on the problem, not on
what I could do if there was no problem.

> And establishing connection upon
> construction is a bad idea anyway.

Why?

> class Foo
> {
>    Baz * A;
>    Bar * B;

The biggest problem of C++ is not that it's crap, but that most people
were not exposed to correct idioms.

Try this:

   scoped_ptr<Baz> A;
   scoped_ptr<Bar> B;

There are other smart pointers, depending on the need.

--
Maciej Sobczak
http://www.msobczak.com/