[boost] [shifted_ptr] STL support works at 90% (...!)

From: Phil Bouchard (philippe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-31 06:04:24

I've finalized the ad extremum idea of STL support of smart pointers such as 
shifted_ptr which is a good example to use because of the distinct types it 
is using as pointer types (T *, shifted<T> *, shifted_allocator::pointer, 
etc.).  I have 2 patch files that can be used as an example to add support 
for real smart pointers using Gcc's STL.  These are located in the bits/ 
folder.  These are Gnu related but I wanted to share this here for 
objectivity.

I have added special contructors in shifted_ptr that takes raw pointers (T 
*) instead of the type safe shifted<T> *.  This is temporary until I add the 
proper casts inside the STL code.  What else? I simplified shifted_allocator 
and fixed abominable bugs in shifted_ptr created by these temporary 
constructors added.  Now I'm pretty dang happy about it...  There are still 
some I need to fix and some more are yet to be found but it should be much 
easier now.

Once again I am using shifted_ptr_test2.cpp as my main test application.

Later,
-Phil