How to manage member variable in C++
- by rhapsodyn
In brief, my question is about member variables as pointers in unmanaged C++.
In java or c#, we have "advanced pointer". In fact, we can't aware the "pointer" in them. We usually initialize the member of a class like this:
member = new Member();
or
member = null;
But in c++, it becomes more confusing. I have seen many styles: using new, or leave the member variable in stack.
In my point of view, using boost::shared_ptr seems friendly, but in boost itself source code there are news everywhere. It's the matter of efficiency,isn't it?
Is there a guildline like "try your best to avoid new" or something?
