Re: [Boost-users] Re: Can you use a template class to store data in a vertex of a boost graph?

From: Stephen torri (storri_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-14 17:52:08

On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 10:42 -0500, Jeffrey Holle wrote:
> You can't use templates in this manner.
> Ask yourself, which type of Data object do you expect boost.graph to 
> instanciate when a new vertex is created?  It can only make one choice.

I know that this was broken. I made the declaration that it was.

> If I was doing this, and was concerned about memory consumption, I'd 
> consider using a union attribute in Data, along with a type attribute.

Can you provide a simple example using the two types I gave in this
example: float and uint32_t?

Stephen