Re: [boost] remove_pointer and smart pointers

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-20 08:41:54

Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need some kind of traits for my indirect_fun class if it should be
> usable with smart pointers.
> 
> I imagined some like
> 
> template< class T >
>    struct pointer_value
>    {
>        typedef BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME remove_pointer<T>::type type;
>    };
> 
> template< class T, class D >
>    struct pointer_value< shared_ptr<T,D> >
>    {
>        typedef T type;
>    };
> 
> etc.
> 
> Any thoughts?

<boost/pointee.hpp>, one of the many undocumented Boost headers. :-)