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  2. From: Bowden Wise <wiseb@cs.rpi.edu>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
  4. Subject: Re: auto_ptr again
  5. Date: 19 Jan 1996 21:33:59 GMT
  6. Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science
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  22. J. Kanze wrote:
  23.  
  24. > I use reference counted pointers a lot, but they have their own set of
  25. > problems.  I can very well understand the committees reluctance to 
  26. > adapt them.
  27.  
  28. Can you share with us the problems with reference counter pointers?
  29. How do those problems compare with the auto_ptr problems?  Perhaps
  30. we need some kind of hybrid between the two.
  31.  
  32. Bowden
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  35. G. Bowden Wise
  36. Computer Science Dept, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst, Troy, NY 12180
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