Is there a way to call shared_from_this()
from a constructor?
It seems like a bad idea. Since
the object is still being created, it would be difficult for anything to
have a shared_ptr to it. And that violates a documented precondition
of shared_from_this(): "There must exist at least one shared_ptr instance
p that owns t."
If it's not possible or just a bad idea,
how about a note in the documentation at:
http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/enable_shared_from_this.html
to say something like: "Calling
shared_from_this from a constructor will not work, since there is no shared_pointer
which owns the object."?
-dan