I <bparker@gil.com.au> wrote:
>(Another minor advantage of the clone_ptr() template function is that it can
>be specialised for
>non-polymorphic and built-in types (with the obvious trivial
>implementations) so the same smart
>pointer code could be usable with both polymorphic and non-polymorphic types)

Actually, on reflection, this wouldn't be necessary as typeid will work
correctly on built-in and non-polymorphic types, so the smart pointer would
automatically be usable on all types.

,Brian Parker



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