A Smart Pointer for Intrinsic or User-Defined Types for ParmParse
The template class PP_CpPtr<T> provides a simple wrapper around a pointer to type T (T*) that builds a copy of the pointed-to object when copied from one PP_CpPtr<T> to another. This is in contrast to a reference-counted pointer class that would maintain one pointed-to object with a reference count indicating the number of references. Hence we call this a "copied" smart pointer class. It is intended for use with any type type T, including the intrinsic types. This class does not supply an operator->(), as such an operator on intrinsic types has only recently become a part of the C++ language, and many compilers do not yet implement it.This is a convenience class for ParmParse and will not be in any way supported by anyone at ANAG.
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