Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Variant: char[], a bool or std::string ?

This has the desired effects BUT ... I am not a software engineer .. so I would like to know is it would the proffessionals would consider ugly code ? #include<string> #include typedef boost::variant< bool,std::string> BoostVariant; struct MyVariant:public BoostVariant { template<typename type> MyVariant(const type &theType):BoostVariant(theType){} MyVariant(const char *theCString):BoostVariant(std::string(theCString)){} }; int main () { MyVariant v("A String"); std::string &Sref(boost::getstd::string&(v)); // NOw this does NOT throw bool &Bref(boost::get(v)); // but this does return 0; }