-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Another idea would be to make a future<shared_ptr<T> > available in the constructor, the future would become ready with a shared_ptr from this when the object gets owned. - -- Frank -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIH0d65vihyNWuA4URAoUeAKDIBtVOn2S9sdOiHvPXNNRHBIJu6gCfZN4X 69bJ4nlhOHSf6dfLaEKpQ5Q= =74HG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----