Is it possible to combine    - a shared_ptr on the outside  - a boost::local_shared_ptr on the inside ( - glued together with a thread local member? How to do for non-static member functions)   A type, which is cheap for passing as arguments within a thread, but safe for inter-thread communication.   -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von:Jan Schultke via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden]> Gesendet:Do 02.04.2026 17:03 Betreff:Re: [std-proposals] std::big_int An:Ell <ell.ell.se_at_[hidden]>; CC:Jan Schultke <janschultke_at_[hidden]>; std-proposals_at_[hidden]; Matthias Kretz <m.kretz_at_[hidden]>; The problem with a `big_int operator+(big_int lhs, big_int rhs)` signature is that lvalue arguments cause an unnecessary ref-count inc+dec, even for basic arithmetic.  You're right. That may have been fine in another library, but does not seem suitable for standardization.   Another option is to have a possibly-owning big_int_view type, which you'd use like `big_int operator+(big_int_view lhs, big_int_view rhs)`. big_int_view has same layout as big_int, plus an additional "owning" flag. When initialized from an lvalue (big_int or big_int_view) it (shallowly) copies the value without taking ownership. When initialized from an rvalue it copies the value and takes (or inherits) ownership, clearing the source. This saves you the separate const/rv overloads, and avoids the extra indirection of a reference.  I feel like the cost of having this whole new view type is higher than just adding a couple of boilerplate overloads. You also need to consider that operator+ should work if one of the operands is an integer. I think to handle that without avoidable overhead, you actually need operator+ to be a function template. The reason is that for example, __int128 may not fit into big_int without extra allocation, so (big_int + __int128) would require an extra allocation to fit the right side, even though the operation could be performed with only the left allocation involved. I don't think big_int_view can handle the __int128 case in any reasonable way; you cannot do that without ownership. -- Std-Proposals mailing list Std-Proposals_at_[hidden] https://lists.isocpp.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/std-proposals