[boost] Re: shared_ptr inheritance query

From: Dave Handley (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-01 02:58:46

Peter Dimov wrote:

> Can you separate the interface and implementation parts of the policy into
> two classes, then inherit publicly from policy_interface and privately 
> from
> policy_implementation?

Unfortunately not, the policy has to be able to generate shared pointers 
from itself - hence it needs access to shared_from_this.  If I used a 
multiple inheritance solution, I would be forced to dynamic_cast across to 
the enable_shared_from_this class, which I don't want to do.

Dave Handley