Re: [Boost-users] shared_ptr with custom free function
From: "Phil Endecott"
I have a C library that returns pointers to structs, and has special free functions that I must call to finalise and free these structs. Is there any way that I can create a shared_ptr that will call this special library free function when the last copy is destroyed? I was hoping that there would be some way of achieving this by overloading operator delete, but it seems not. Any ideas?
I would think one solution would be simply to wrap your C struct in a C++ class with a constructor and a destructor, then use shared_ptr on the C++ struct. Example: C: struct blob { ... }; blob * create_blob (); void free_blob(blob *); C++: class foo { public: foo() : data(create_blob()) {} ~foo() { free_blob(data); } private: blob * data; }; Now use shared_ptr< foo > as you usually would. This also gives you the flexibility NOT to use shared_ptr if you choose. - James Jones Administrative Data Mgmt. Webmaster 375 Raritan Center Pkwy, Suite A Data Architect Edison, NJ 08837
In addition,
You could specify a custom deleter, which is supported by the shared_ptr.
In your case it can be something like:
struct Deleter
{
void operator ()(blob* pblob)
{
free_blob(pblob);
}
};
shared_ptr<blob> blob_ptr(create_blob(), Deleter());
Good Luck,
Ovanes
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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] shared_ptr with custom free function
From: "Phil Endecott"
I have a C library that returns pointers to structs, and has special free functions that I must call to finalise and free these structs. Is there any way that I can create a shared_ptr that will call this special library free function when the last copy is destroyed? I was hoping that there would be some way of achieving this by overloading operator delete, but it seems not. Any ideas?
I would think one solution would be simply to wrap your C struct in a C++ class with a constructor and a destructor, then use shared_ptr on the C++ struct. Example: C: struct blob { ... }; blob * create_blob (); void free_blob(blob *); C++: class foo { public: foo() : data(create_blob()) {} ~foo() { free_blob(data); } private: blob * data; }; Now use shared_ptr< foo > as you usually would. This also gives you the flexibility NOT to use shared_ptr if you choose. - James Jones Administrative Data Mgmt. Webmaster 375 Raritan Center Pkwy, Suite A Data Architect Edison, NJ 08837 _______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users
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