Re: [Boost-users] Covariant return type, method hiding, and shared_ptr advice

AMDG Dominique Devienne wrote:

So I used covariant return type, which AFAIK works only for raw pointers. If I were to remove the raw pointer accessors, I'd have to do either:

I would probably use a non-member template that encapsulates the necessary logic: template<class T> shared_ptr<typename T::IdentType> getIdent(T& t); In Christ, Steven Watanabe