[boost] [pool] object_pool::destroy_all? (from users)

From: Michael Marcin (mike_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-24 11:39:02

Michael Marcin wrote:
> I started using object_pool recently to solve a problem.  I have lots of 
>   objects being created and destroyed frequently and stored in a 
> collection.  Every so often an event happens which triggers destroying 
> all the objects.
> 
> Essentially I have:
> 
> boost::object_pool<Object> m_object_pool;
> std::vector<Object*> m_objects;
> 
> 
> Then I have a function
> 
> void DestroyAllObjects()
> {
>      std::vector<Object*>::iterator it, iend = m_objects.end();
>      for( it = m_objects.begin(); it != iend; ++it )
>      {
>          m_object_pool.destroy(*it);
>      }
>      m_objects.clear();
> }
> 
> It seems like there should be a better way of doing this... i.e.
> 
> void DestroyAllObjects()
> {
>      m_object_pool.destroy_all();
>      m_objects.clear();
> }
> 
> Also it might be nice to iterate over all the objects in the pool (in 
> which case I wouldn't even need the m_objects vector.
> 
> Perhaps there is a better way to solve the problem?
> 

I didn't get an answer on users so I thought I'd ping here.

Thanks,

Michael Marcin