I have been attempting to hide the boost interface when using the boost
smart pointers.  I basically want to get rid of boost declarations
in my API's.  This basically involves typedef-ing template
classes, and the best solution I have been able to come up with is:<br>
<br>
template &lt;typename T&gt;<br>
struct pointer<br>
{<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; typedef boost::scoped_ptr&lt;T&gt; obj;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; typedef boost::scoped_array&lt;T&gt; arr;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; typedef boost::shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; sobj;<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; typedef boost::shared_array&lt;T&gt; sarr;<br>
};<br>
<br>
so I can do things like pointer&lt;int&gt;::arr var(new int[10]).&nbsp;
This works fine, but if I try to get tricky it falls apart.&nbsp;
Another example:<br>
<br>
template &lt;typename T&gt;<br>
class Stuff<br>
{<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; private:<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pointer&lt;T&gt;::arr some_stuff;<br>
};<br>
<br>
This does not work (I can't even start to tell you why), but I have hit
the point where I have to start second guessing my approach to this
problem.&nbsp; Are there other (possibly terrible) tricks to get around
the typedef templates problem?&nbsp; Any input will probably help.<br>
<br>
-thanks<br>
<br>