Re: [Boost-users] Field of record as boost::any

From: Mateusz Łoskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-09 09:32:00

Edward Diener wrote:
> Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
> 
>>Usually, in this case I'd use union of int,double and char*.
>>But I'd like to solve it a better way, more C++ than C.
>>
>>So, would you recommend boost::any as a type of field value?
> 
> 
> The boost::any class is more of a modern replacement for void * than it 
> is for a discrete set of types which are usually placed in a union. Try 
> boost::variant for the latter.

Unfortunately, Boost.Variant can not be compiled by eVC++ 4.0 :-(
I think I have to do some magic with Boost.Any, because this one
works with eVC++.

eVC++ does not support many newer template specialization features.

Cheers
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Mateusz Łoskot
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