my_auto_ptr.h

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// -*- C++ -*-
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#ifndef MY_AUTO_PTR_H
#define MY_AUTO_PTR_H
 
/*
  A simple compliant implementation of auto_ptr.
  This is from Greg Colvin's implementation posted to comp.std.c++.
 
  Instead of using mutable this casts away const in release.
 
  We have to do this because we can't build containers of these
  things otherwise.
  */
 
template<class X>
class my_auto_ptr
{
  X* px;
public:
  my_auto_ptr() : px(0) {}
  my_auto_ptr(X* p) : px(p) {}
  my_auto_ptr(const my_auto_ptr<X>& r) : px(r.release()) {}
  my_auto_ptr& operator=(const my_auto_ptr<X>& r)
  {
    if (&r != this)
      {
        delete px;
        px = r.release();
      }
    return *this;
  }
  ~my_auto_ptr() { delete px; }
  X& operator*()  const { return *px; }
  X* operator->() const { return px; }
  X* get()        const { return px; }
  X* release()    const { X *p=px; ((my_auto_ptr<X>*)(this))->px=0; return p; }
};
 
 
#endif // MY_AUTO_PTR_H