Proposing switch -fsmart-pointers

[Ian Lance Taylor]

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 9:08 AM, _ <neuralll@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I thing it would be best to implement it as compiller switch -fsmart-pointers
> not requiring scope object and derive statement for objects. ie we
> need equal flexibility and freedom like have today with static objects

Experience shows us that programmers want several different types of
smart pointers in practice.  I don't see any reason to enshrine a
particular variant in the compiler.  Particularly when C++ already
supports smart pointers.

(For example, your variant of smart pointers doesn't seem to help with
pointers in struct fields, when those structs are stored in the heap.)

Ian