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A Simple Smart Pointer

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A template-based smart pointer implementation
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "smartptr.h"
using namespace idllib;

class CMyObject {
	char *name;
public:
	CMyObject(char *aname) 
	{ 
		name = aname;
		printf("create %s\n",name);
	}
	virtual ~CMyObject()
	{ 
		printf("delete %s\n",name);
	}
	void print()
	{ 
		printf("print %s\n",name);
	}
};

SmartPtr<CMyObject> f1(char *name)
{
	return SmartPtr<CMyObject>(new CMyObject(name));
}
void f2(CMyObject *o)
{
	printf("(print from a function) ");
	o->print();
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
	SmartPtr<CMyObject> ptr1(new CMyObject("1"));
	SmartPtr<CMyObject> ptr2 = new CMyObject("2");

	ptr1->print();
	ptr2->print();

	ptr1 = ptr2;
	
	ptr1->print();
	ptr2->print();

	ptr2 = f1("f1");
	ptr2->print();

	f1("f2");

	ptr2 = NULL;
	f2(ptr1);

	return 0;
}

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