1600618 - Provide more guidance on which smart pointer types to use

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: Storage: IndexedDB, task, P3)

Description

[Simon Giesecke [:sg] [he/him]]

Add that nsCOMPtr<T> should be used iff T is an interface type.

Add that UniquePtr<T> should be preferred over nsAutoPtr<T> (cf. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1600079#c1).

Comment 1

[Simon Giesecke [:sg] [he/him]]

Attachment: Bug 1600618 - Provide more guidance on which smart pointer types to use. r=#dom-workers-and-storage

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/c247f0abed84
Provide more guidance on which smart pointer types to use. r=dom-workers-and-storage-reviewers,janv,asuth

Comment 3

[Narcis Beleuzu [:NarcisB]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/c247f0abed84