[Boost-users] [boost::variant] problems with pointers

After much inefficient debugging, I've discovered that adding a pointer type to a boost::variant is a no-no. It appears to get translated into a bool via get<>, which throws a bad_get exception erroneously (at least in my opinion). The caviots of using a pointer type in variant really needs to be documented! It doesn't appear to be done so now. I've discovered that wrapping the pointer in a boost::shared_pointer is a solution. But it wasn't obvious.