Replacing auto_ptr in VC++ 8

Question

std::auto_ptr is broken in VC++ 8 (which is what we use at work). My main gripe with it is that it allows auto_ptr x = new T();, which of cour

Answer 1

Why do you think std::auto_ptr<> is broken.

I would have though that somthing as bad as that would have been reported to the standards comitte!

Do you mean that you need to:

std::auto_ptr<T>   x(new T);  // Use the explicit constructor.