Re: [Boost-users] newbie: shared_ptr member function customer deleter???

From: Travis Parks (jehugaleahsa_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-02 10:12:40

Thanks, I will look into it. Your help is really appreciated.

On 12/2/06, Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Travis Parks wrote:
> > Hello:
> > I just started using some boost today. I am trying to use a non-static
> > member function as the deleter in a shared_ptr. I was looking at the
> > source code and I don't think it is supported. This is what I had:
> >
> >
> > shared_ptr<Environment> environment(Environment::createEnvironment(),
> >    Environment::terminateEnvironment);
> > string userName = "monkey_bottoms";
> > string password = "blahblahblah"
> > shared_ptr<Connection> connection(
> >    environment->createConnection(
> >        userName,
> >        password),
> >    &Environment::terminateConnection);
> >
> > This didn't work at all!
>
> Use boost::bind( &Environment::terminateConnection, environment, _1 ) as a
> deleter.
>
> If for some reason you don't want connections to keep a shared_ptr to the
> environment and prevent its deletion, you can use boost::bind(
> &Environment::terminateConnection, environment.get(), _1 ).
>
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