Re: [Boost-users] Field of record as boost::any

Edward Diener wrote:

Mateusz Łoskot wrote:

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Usually, in this case I'd use union of int,double and char*. But I'd like to solve it a better way, more C++ than C.

So, would you recommend boost::any as a type of field value?

The boost::any class is more of a modern replacement for void * than it is for a discrete set of types which are usually placed in a union. Try boost::variant for the latter.

Unfortunately, Boost.Variant can not be compiled by eVC++ 4.0 :-( I think I have to do some magic with Boost.Any, because this one works with eVC++. eVC++ does not support many newer template specialization features. Cheers -- Mateusz Łoskot http://mateusz.loskot.net