[vtk-developers] Smart pointer declaration macro?

[Marcus D. Hanwell]

On Thursday 28 January 2010 10:16:24 Jeff Baumes wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Will Schroeder
> 
> <will.schroeder at kitware.com> wrote:
> > Jeff can you summarize the proposed solutions (assuming we think we've
> > covered the bases) and let's take a vote on this. I want to keep my inbox
> > clear :-(
> 
> 1. Keep things the way they are:
> vtkSmartPointer<vtkClass> c = vtkSmartPointer<vtkClass>::New();
> 
> 2. Add new constructor to vtkSmartPointer that takes a bool and if
> true creates an instance of the object. Code would look like:
> vtkSmartPointer<vtkClass> c(true);
> 
> 3. Create typedefs for vtkSmartPointer<vtkClass>:
> vtkClassSP c = vtkClassSP::New();
> 
> 4. Make a new vtkLocalPointer type that is the same as vtkSmartPointer
> but always creates an instance of the object.
> vtkLocalPointer<vtkClass> c;
> 
> Unfortunately our inboxes won't be clear until everyone responds with
> a vote (I'd maybe give it till 12pm eastern time). We can take it to
> the ARB if there is no clear consensus.
> 
My favorite is 4, then 2. I was thinking of reasonably concise API, I think 1 
has needless repetition and does not make the code any clearer.

Marcus