From: Warren Young
Date: December 28 2007 9:21am
Subject: Re: problems in ConnectionPool
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Jonathan Wakely wrote:
>> On further consideration, I wonder if clear() shouldn't be overloaded,
>> with one version being protected and taking a bool "force" parameter.
>> If force, destroying in-use connections is allowed.  Else, not.
> 
> Ah yes, making it public means you have to worry about that.

Okay, the resolution is that clear() is protected again and takes a bool 
parameter whose default of true makes it work the way clear() does in 
STL.  Then, added a public shrink() method that passes false to clear(), 
making it remove only unused connections.