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

How about:

template 
class Shared
{
    public: 
        typedef std::shared_ptr Ptr; // or boost::shared_ptr if you will
};

Then allowing any Shared class to have their own Ptr object, as in:

class myClass : public Shared
{
};

int main()
{
    myClass::Ptr object;
    //...
    object->foo();
}