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diff --git a/examples/Smart_Pointers/README b/examples/Smart_Pointers/README deleted file mode 100644 index a23ea1eb828..00000000000 --- a/examples/Smart_Pointers/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ -$Id$ - -Smart Pointers Example ----------------------- - -This example shows the use of the various smart pointer classes -available in ACE. - -There are two programs in this example. Each program implements a -similar set of classes, but with a different style of using smart -pointers. - -The Widget example is written such that objects may only pass raw -pointers between them, and use smart pointers to manage the object -lifetimes. An advantage of this style is the fine-grained control -over the type of smart pointer used in each situation. For example, -if you know that in a particular section of code there is no -concurrency involved, you can strategise ACE_Refcounted_Auto_Ptr on -ACE_Null_Mutex to eliminate locking overhead. Disadvantages of this -style include greater programming complexity and certain ownership -use cases not being easily supported. - -The Gadget example is written such that objects are always passed -around using one of the ACE_Strong_Bound_Ptr/ACE_Weak_Bound_Ptr -pair of smart pointers. The advantage of this style is the -reduction in complexity of object lifetime management (almost as -"good" as Java ;-) The disadvantage is that you pay a cost for the -reference counting and locking overhead even in situations where it -may not be strictly necessary. |