Hello, The answer which Peter Dimov provided (http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2006/03/17717.php) is correct, at least the way I wanted it to. Also, Valgrind does not complain any more with the change Peter Dimov suggested. Thanks for responding! Best regards, -Arun. -------- Original Message -------- From: Sebastian Redl <sebastian.redl@getdesigned.at> To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: Re:[Boost-users] Assigning smart/shared_ptr pointer to C struct Date: 3/3/2006 02:57
adharankar@verizon.net wrote:
What is wrong in assigning a smart/shared_ptr pointer in C++ code to a struct which may then be passed to a C code?
There is no safe way to pass any non-POD type to C code. In your example, this means both the shared_ptr object and the pointed-to A object. You need to ensure the lifetime of the pointer manually, and you need to extract the raw pointer and pass that to the C code. You also need to make it point to a POD type.
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