[boost] Re: Request for data-member smart pointer

29 Oct 2004


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Peter Dimov wrote:
it must go via an analogous mechanism to obtain
WORD* from A*:
// in A
friend shared_ptr<WORD> GetData( shared_ptr<A> this_ )
{
     return shared_ptr<WORD>(
         &this_->m_wData,
         boost::bind( &shared_ptr<A>::reset, this_ )
     );
}
// in B
friend shared_ptr<WORD> GetData( shared_ptr<B> this_ )
{
     shared_ptr<A> pa( &this_->a,
         boost::bind( &shared_ptr<B>::reset, this_ ) );
return GetData( pa );
}
Doesn't it bring C++ *polymorphism* to naught?
Is it possible to implement the next example using global
functions as specified above?

class D
{
private:
    WORD m_wData;
public:
    D(){ m_wData = 0;}

    virtual shared_ptr<WORD> GetData( shared_ptr<D> this_ )
    {
        return shared_ptr<WORD>(
             &m_wData,
             boost::bind( &shared_ptr<D>::reset, this_ )
             );
        );
    }
}

class E : public D
{
private:
    WORD m_wOtherData;
public:

    virtual shared_ptr<WORD> GetData( shared_ptr<D> this_ )
    {
        return shared_ptr<WORD>(
             &m_wOtherData,
             boost::bind( &shared_ptr<D>::reset, this_ )
             );
        );
    }
}

// usage

void SomeFunc( shared_ptr<D> ptrObj)
{
    shared_ptr<WORD> ptrData = ptrObj->GetData( ptrObj);

    *ptrData = 57; // do the same for all objects
}
int main()
{
    shared_ptr<D> ptrD(new D);
    shared_ptr<E> ptrD(new E);

    SomeFunc( ptrD);
    SomeFunc( ptrE);
}


Oleg Fedtchenko

The proposed smart pointer member_ptr is described at
http://boostoleg.narod.ru/member_ptr.html

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http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg72943.php