Re: [Boost-Users] Re: shared_ptr swap problems

From: Tanton Gibbs (thgibbs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-26 10:19:52

> >>   void set(const boost::shared_ptr<A>& ptr) {
> >>     b.swap( boost::shared_static_cast<B>( ptr ) ); // L21
> >>   }
> > Why not simply
> >
> > b = boost::shared_static_cast<B>( ptr );
> I want to swap the pointers inside for further use (for saving the old ptr
> contents and restoring for circumstances

If you actually want to swap b and ptr, then shouldn't ptr be declared
non-const?

Tanton