RFC: singletons and memory management

[Seb Ruiz]

2008/9/11 Soren Harward <stharward at gmail.com>:
> You could also use a "smart" pointer like
> auto_ptr or QPointer that automatically set to zero when they're
> deleted, but I personally prefer the static destroy() method.  At any
> rate, the Singleton classes in Amarok should be a little smarter about
> their memory management.

Why do you prefer the destroy() method? The less a developer needs to
know to code the better. Introducing a destroy() method simply
"reinvents the bike", with the added overhead of needing to relearn
singleton object destruction.


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