Smart d-ptr in Plasma

[Kevin Ottens]

On Thursday 22 August 2013 12:44:41 Ivan Čukić wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Keep forgetting to write this mail for a while now. It is intended mostly
> for (in aplhabetical order) Aaron, Marco, Martin and Sebastian, but
> everybody is invited to chime in.
> 
> It is about the smart and safe d-pointer I have presented some time ago [1].
> 
> The question is should it be used in plasma and where?
> 
> Cons:
>  - too low level to be in plasma-frameworks (sebas)
>  - none else that I know of

Well, I can add one more. They use variadic templates which are not in the 
list of C++11 features which can be used unconditionally in plasma-framework.
Can be spared if you loose the forwarded constructor arguments though.

> Pros:
>  - safety: no access to the raw pointer
>  - safety: no accidental initialization errors or anything similar
>  - safety: no possible leaks
>  - convenience: forwarded constructor arguments (': d(1,2)' instead of ':
> d(new Private(1,2))')
>  - convenience: default constructor works for no-arg Private constructor
> (nothing instead of 'd(new Private())')
>  - convenience: no delete d;
>  - they are spiffy (aaron) :)
> 
> Choices:
> 1. (a non-choice imo) Use raw pointers like in the old days everywhere
> 2. Use less safe and less convenient smart-pointers like std::unique_ptr or
> QScopedPointer
> 3. Use this d-ptr outside of the library, choose 1 or 2 for the library
> 4. Use it everywhere, but export the headers as if it were 1 or 2 (all
> should be binary compatible with a raw pointer)
> 5. Use it everywhere, and install the header file for the users to be able
> to use it as well. (it is a templated class, so it leaves no binary
> footprint by itself)
> 
> Cheerio,
> Ivan
> 
> [1] http://ivan.fomentgroup.org/blog/2013/06/22/d-ptr-the-modern-way/

Regards.
-- 
Kévin Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net

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