Re: [boost] boost::factory?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-18 13:28:31

on Sun Jun 17 2007, Tobias Schwinger <tschwinger-AT-isonews2.com> wrote:

> Dear Boost community,
>
> do we have a function object template to wrap arbitrary constructor 
> calls / operator new expressions somewhere in Boost, already?
>
> If not, is there any interest in such a thing?
>
> Interface draft:
> ================
>
>      factory<T>     // constructs X and returns it by value
>      factory<T*>    // uses operator new, returns a pointer

auto_ptr, please.

>
>
> Where operator() takes a variable number of arguments, forwarded to the
> constructor.

Isn't in-place construction the most general case?

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