[boost] boost::optional<T &>::get_ptr()

From: Preston A. Elder (prez_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-23 18:49:58

When was this made to NOT work?

I am compiling an app against the CVS head of boost, because I want to 
use things like property_tree, and I don't plan on releasing my app 
before boost 1.35 is released anyway.

But apparently, boost::optional<T&>::get_ptr() no longer works.  Now 
instead I have to use

if (myopt && &myopt.get() == &obj)

instead of the terser:

if (myopt.get_ptr() == &obj)

I can't see anything about this in the dev list, and the docs on 
boost.org (which granted are for 1.34.1) still list get_ptr() as working 
for both optional<T> and optional<T&>.

Preston