Using auto_ptr<>

class OurClass
{
		const auto_ptr<OtherObject> a;
		const auto_ptr<OtherObject> b;
	public:
		OurClass(const OtherObject &aRef, const OtherObject &bRef):
			a(new OtherObject(aRef)),
			b(new OtherObject(bRef)) {};
		~OurClass() {};
		....
};

Example:

try
{
	auto_ptr<LFile>	sourceFile(fsSpec); 
	sourceFile->OpenDataFork(fsCurPerm)
	....
}
catch (ExceptionCode err)
{...}

But don't ever pass-by-value. Since only one auto_ptr<> can own a pointer at any given time, assignment (inlcuding copy construction) will always pass the ownership of the pointer to the receiving object.