What are you trying to do? Usually weak_ptr is used as the value in a map with some other key, so that just being in the map doesn't prevent an object from being deleted.
At 06:52 PM 3/7/2003, Joe Gottman wrote: > I just realized that it would be impossible to use weak_ptr with any >hash. The problem is that the hash function would have to use weak_ptr's >get() method. Then if the underlying object of the weak_ptr gets destroyed, >get() will suddenly return 0 instead of the previous pointer, so the hash >function will now map the weak_ptr to a new bucket. Is there any way to >add a member function that returns a const void * that will be invariant >even if the underlying object of the weak_ptr has been destroyed? > >Joe Gottman > > > >_______________________________________________ >Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
