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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Allocators and exceptions
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:25:17 +0200
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:42:50 -0700, Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> On 12 Wrz, 11:32, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
> wrote:
> 
>> And establishing connection upon
>> construction is a bad idea anyway.
> 
> Why?

Because it takes time and it can be lost.

>> 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.

Huh, that is exactly my point. Don't use plain pointers. A factory used
instead of new T could do the work better.

As I said, composition of constructors is a right thing. It is good that
C++ does this (though not always incorrectly). It is bad that Ada does not.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de