My company are currently not won over by the Boost libraries and while I’ve used them and have been getting them pushed through for some work, some projects due to their nature will not be allowed to use Boost. Basically libraries, like Boost, cannot be brought in for work so I am limited to the libraries available by default (Currently using Visual Studio 2005).
So… My question is, if I am unable to use Boost::shared_ptr and its little brothers, what is the alternative when using STL containers with pointers?
One option I see is writing a container class like a shared_ptr that looks after a given pointer, but I’d like to know if there are other alternatives first.
If they’re not going to accept boost, I presume other “not developed here” libraries are out of the question.
It seems to me you’re left with two options:
Neither is ideal, and each comes with it’s own pain. Your saving grace might be that you have all of the source to boost available to you. You can use it as a model for writing your own shared_ptr.