Steve Clamage wrote:

> Upon further reflection, I think a counted-pointer proposal should
> present a family of reference-counted auto_ptrs to satisfy the
> range of useful implementations of reference counting.

Agreed.

I think this same argument can be used to suggest an auto_ptr family, as
many potential uses of auto_ptr-like classes are mutually exclusive.
This would also allow the idioms that the classes represent to be named
in the classes, which should minimise misuse of the classes.
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