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boost::shared_ptr?

Started by ITGER Oct 16, 2005 at 2:16 PM 4 replies 550+ views

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Oct 16, 2005 at 2:16 PM

Is it possible for me to only download and use the shared_ptr in the boost library? I want to use shared pointers in my project, but I'd rather not upload the boost library in its entirety into my CVS server.

MrEvil

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MrEvil

Oct 16, 2005 at 2:34 PM

boost::shared_ptr is implemented in one file: boost::shared_ptr.hpp, although this file requires a few other files. Here's what it #includes in my version (1.32) (1.33 is the current stable version).

include <boost/config.hpp>   // for broken compiler workarounds#if defined(BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATES) && !defined(BOOST_MSVC6_MEMBER_TEMPLATES)#include <boost/detail/shared_ptr_nmt.hpp>#else#include <boost/assert.hpp>#include <boost/checked_delete.hpp>#include <boost/throw_exception.hpp>#include <boost/detail/shared_count.hpp>#include <boost/detail/workaround.hpp>#include <memory>               // for std::auto_ptr#include <algorithm>            // for std::swap#include <functional>           // for std::less#include <typeinfo>             // for std::bad_cast#include <iosfwd>               // for std::basic_ostream

I'm not sure about just downloading shared_ptr, since it requires other headers. But you could download it all and use only the shared_ptr portion of it. In its entirety, the boost 1.33 library is around 10 megabytes when compressed.