archie14 skrev:

I have an instance of ptr_map. I need to release an element from the map and use it somewhere else, making sure that it will not be deleted when the instance of ptr_map is deleted.

I am successfully doing it with ptr_vectors, but can't get it right with ptr_map. What is the proper syntax of such call?

I am doing it like in the code below, which does not compile.

class classA {};

typedef ptr_map ptrmaptype;

ptrmaptype val; val.insert(1, new classA());

ptrmaptype::mapped_type t = val.release (val.begin()); // I want "t" to be of classA* type

Does ptrmaptype::auto_type ptr = val.release(val.begin()); not work?? Then you can call ptr.release() to get the naked ptr. HTH -Thorsten