Re: [boost] [Boost.utility]

Andrew Chinkoff <achinkoff@gmail.com> wrote:

1) Boost::global example:

typedef boost::global<int> global_Int; global_int.get() = 5; // getting the global int

2) Boost::Singleton example:

typedef boost::Singleton<int> global_Int; global_Int::Instance() = 5;

I really do not understand the appreciable advantage of the 1) over the 2) and vice versa.:confused: The only thing I could say is that "get" is shorter word than "Instance", isn't it?

Do you not see your implementation of singleton cannot, with its intrusive nature, make a global int? Fair enough it's highly unlikely you'll ever need a global POD, but like I said to Robert, a global utility *could* do it, and it could also be a singleton if desired.