From c5846378ab2789f82510bbc80ac5a1a8dacddb6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:32:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] More FAQ entries added.

[SVN r10605]
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@@ -247,6 +247,14 @@ supply an automatic conversion to <b>T*</b>?<br>
 <b>A.</b> As an aid to writing test cases and debugging displays. One of the
 progenitors had use_count(), and it was useful in tracking down bugs in a
 complex project that turned out to have cyclic-dependencies.</p>
+<p><b>Q.</b> Why doesn't <b>shared_ptr</b> specify complexity requirements?<br>
+<b>A.</b> Because complexity limit implementors and complicate the specification without apparent benefit to
+<b>shared_ptr</b> users. For example, error-checking implementations might become non-conforming if they
+had to meet stringent complexity requirements.</p>
+<p><b>Q.</b> Why doesn't <b>shared_ptr</b> provide (your pet feature here)?<br>
+<b>A.</b> Because (your pet feature here) would mandate a reference counted (or a link-list, or ...) implementation. This is not the intent.
+[Provided by Peter Dimov]<br>
+</p>
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 <p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->13 July, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="21067" -->
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