From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Michael Roth <mroth@arago.de>
To: egcs@cygnus.com
Subject: std::auto_ptr bugs
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 17:27:00 -0000
Message-id: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980405203848.2680E-100000@newton.arago.de>
X-SW-Source: 1998-04/msg00200.html

Hi,

First, the std::auto_ptr is commented out in "memory" (egcs 1.0.*)
and their is a note that the class is still discussed by the C++
standardization committee. Is this really true ?

Second, if you uncomment std::auto_ptr their are several errors:

1.) 'auto_ptr& operator=(const auto_ptr& a)'  misses a 'return *this'
    after the closing bracket of the 'if' block.

2.) 'auto_ptr& operator=(const auto_ptr<T>& a)' misses the 
    'return *this' after the closing bracket of the 'if' block, too.

3.) IMHO 'X* get() const' is wrong. If I'm not false 'get()' should get
    the ownership of the pointer back ('owns=true;' is missing) !?!?

4.) The line 'X* release const __STL_NOTHROW { owns = false; return ptr }'
    is buggy. It misses a '()' after the word 'release'.



cu
		Michael



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