[TS-4052] auto_ptr is deprecated and should not be used in our code

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 6.1.0
• Component/s: Plugins
• Assignee: Alan M. Carroll
• Reporter: Leif Hedstrom
• Created: 03/Dec/15 18:45
• Updated: 04/Feb/16 18:49
• Resolved: 08/Dec/15 16:06

Description

I get the following build warnings:

In file included from ats-multiplexer.cc:29:0:
dispatch.h:54:8: warning: 'template<class&gt; class std::auto_ptr' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
   std::auto_ptr<ats::io::IO> io;
        ^
In file included from /opt/gcc5/include/c++/5.2.0/memory:81:0,
                 from dispatch.h:27,
                 from ats-multiplexer.cc:29:
/opt/gcc5/include/c++/5.2.0/bits/unique_ptr.h:49:28: note: declared here
   template<typename> class auto_ptr;
                            ^
  CXX      chunk-decoder.lo
  CXX      dispatch.lo
In file included from dispatch.cc:26:0:
dispatch.h:54:8: warning: 'template<class&gt; class std::auto_ptr' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
   std::auto_ptr<ats::io::IO> io;
        ^
In file included from /opt/gcc5/include/c++/5.2.0/memory:81:0,
                 from dispatch.h:27,
                 from dispatch.cc:26:
/opt/gcc5/include/c++/5.2.0/bits/unique_ptr.h:49:28: note: declared here
   template<typename> class auto_ptr;
                            ^
  CXX      fetcher.lo
  CXX      original-request.lo
In file included from original-request.cc:25:0:
dispatch.h:54:8: warning: 'template<class&gt; class std::auto_ptr' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
   std::auto_ptr<ats::io::IO> io;
        ^
In file included from /opt/gcc5/include/c++/5.2.0/memory:81:0,
                 from dispatch.h:27,
                 from original-request.cc:25:
/opt/gcc5/include/c++/5.2.0/bits/unique_ptr.h:49:28: note: declared here
   template<typename> class auto_ptr;
                            ^
  CXX      post.lo
In file included from post.h:28:0,
                 from post.cc:26:
dispatch.h:54:8: warning: 'template<class&gt; class std::auto_ptr' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
   std::auto_ptr<ats::io::IO> io;
        ^
In file included from /opt/gcc5/include/c++/5.2.0/memory:81:0,
                 from dispatch.h:27,
                 from post.h:28,
                 from post.cc:26:
/opt/gcc5/include/c++/5.2.0/bits/unique_ptr.h:49:28: note: declared here
   template<typename> class auto_ptr;

I'm not sure what's the best option here, but we've used ats_scoped_obj in plugins even though it's not a public API.