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

From: Phil Bouchard (philippe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-01 05:26:00

Oh I get different results in Linux as compared to Windows;  more fixes are 
on their way.

"Phil Bouchard" <philippe_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:g6s2n8$6ln$1_at_ger.gmane.org...
> 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
>
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