Getting a boost::shared_ptr for this

Question

I am making extensive use of boost:shared_ptr in my code. In fact, most of the objects that are allocated on the heap are held by a shared_ptr. Unf

Answer 1

Are you really making more shared copies of pFoo inside bar? If you aren't doing anything crazy inside, just do this:

void bar(Foo &foo)
{
    // ...
}