What wrapper class in C++ should I use for automated resource management?

Question

I\'m a C++ amateur. I\'m writing some Win32 API code and there are handles and weirdly compositely allocated objects aplenty. So I was wondering - is there some wrapper clas

Answer 1

Visual C++ 2008 supports TR1 through the Feature Pack, and TR1 includes shared_ptr. I would use this -- it's a very powerful smart pointer class and can be generalized to do the type of resource management you are asking for.

TR1 is effectively an extension to the Standard. I believe it's still officially "pre-standard", but effectively you can consider it locked down.