What are the advantages of boost::noncopyable

Question

To prevent copying a class, you can very easily declare a private copy constructor / assignment operators. But you can also inherit boost::noncopyable.

Answer 1

Quoting the documentation:

"The traditional way to deal with these is to declare a private copy constructor and copy assignment, and then document why this is done. But deriving from noncopyable is simpler and clearer, and doesn't require additional documentation."

http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/utility.htm#Class_noncopyable