Re: [Boost-Users] boost::shared_ptr<const T>

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-13 14:48:15

From: "Andrew R. Thomas-Cramer" <artc_at_[hidden]>
>
> > > On MSVC6, it produces errors when class T has an implicit destructor,
but
> > compiles without error otherwise.
> >
> > Seems to work for me; coud you post an example?
>
> I'm using boost 1.27 and MSVC6.0.  Here's example code, followed by the
compiler
> error:

[...]

This is a compiler-specific error, I believe; MSVC 6 doesn't like deleting
const pointers. You can use

shared_ptr<T const> p = shared_ptr<T>(new T);

The new release has a templated constructor so

shared_ptr<T const> p(new T);

works as-is.