Re: [Boost-users] shared_ptr and -> operator

On Dec 6, 2007 2:22 PM, Damien Hocking wrote:

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testPtr->*dptr = 5.7456;

On VS2005, I get an error on the ->*:

error C2296: '->*' : illegal, left operand has type 'boost::shared_ptr<T>'

This line is fine:

(*testPtr).*dptr = 5.7456;

Can anyone tell me why the compiler isn't converting boost::shared_ptr<TestObject> to a TestObject* through shared_ptr::operator-> ?

shared_ptr overloads the -> operator but not the ->* operator (they are two separate operators). In an expression like testPtr->*dptr = 5.7456; it's looking for the ->* operator, not ->. HTH, Stjepan