RE: [boost] any

From: Bill Wade (bill.wade_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-08-30 13:32:02

The html docs look real neat.  Unfortunately my reader choked on the .pdf.

It should be possible to create a similar class, any_struct, that holds
anything that can be a base class (copyconstructable structs) and supports
hierarchy conversions.  In other words foo* any_struct::to_ptr<foo>() would
use a dynamic cast rather than a typeid comparison.  Have you (or anyone you
know of) put together such a class?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevlin Henney [mailto:kevlin_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 11:40 AM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [boost] any
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> I have uploaded code, tests and docs for a variant value type,
> boost::any, that holds values of arbitrary type:
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>         http://www.egroups.com/files/boost/any/
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> Feedback welcome!
>
> Thanks, Kevlin.
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