What's your convention for typedef'ing shared_ptr?

Question

I\'m flip-flopping between naming conventions for typedef\'ing the boost::shared_ptr template. For example:

typedef boost::shared_ptr FooPtr;
         


        

Answer 1

Personally, in the code I'm responsible for, you'd typically see a FooPtr typedef'd at the same namespace scope as Foo and Foo would contain a generically named 'SmartPtr' typedef to the same type as FooPtr. Having FooPtr allows for easy an non-verbose manual usage. having the nested typedef for 'SmartPtr' or some quivalent allows for easy generic usage in templates, macros, etc. without having to know that actual type of the smart pointer.

Also, I'd suggest adding a 'subjective' tag to this question.