On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Igor R
<boost.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have shared_ptr<int> variable. I need to pass a int* pointer to a function
> call. How to pass shared_ptr<int> as int *?
shared_ptr<int> p;
p.get();
But make sure the function doesn't store this raw pointer, otherwise
it would defeat the whole purpose of shared_ptr.
More specifically, make sure that you have a shared_ptr<> in scope for the entire time the raw pointer is in scope. Failure to do so will surely result in badness at some point.
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