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thehustler

May 26, 2005, 05:21 PM

Can anybody recommend to me a smart pointer/reference counting library that they have experience of?
What kind of speed hit does using reference counting usually make?
Is there additional impact from using smart pointers with multithreading?
I've had a look at the Boost implementations but I'd just like any kind of opinion you guys might have to offer.
 
Chad Austin

May 26, 2005, 06:22 PM

I've used boost::shared_ptr and boost::intrusive_ptr with success. intrusive_ptr is more efficient than shared_ptr, and smaller to boot. :) I've never had a situation where using smart pointers is a significant performance hit. If it is, you can always go back to raw pointers for a bit. (Making sure the memory management is still correct, of course.)

Never done refcounting in multithreaded situations, sorry.
 
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