Re: [Boost-users] Casting this pointer to a number

From: sj_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-01-13 15:30:25

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:04:36 +0100, Zeljko Vrba, zvrba_at_[hidden] wrote:
> Why?  What is it going to do with the ID?  Why not make the ID a  
> void* pointer?
> And what semantics does this "unique identification" have?  Once an object is
> deleted, another new'd object may get its address; I can hardly qualify that
> as "unique ID".
I have a set of objects and these objects have corresponding
representations in the other part of my program (for debugging purposes
[visualization]). Two parts of the program do not know about each other.
One part calls a functions f and another part receives the call. I need
to know what object initiated this call. It's given that objects are not
destroyed, hence this is unique in that case.

Making it void* is an option. Though I was looking for a more elegant
solution. Thanks for the example.

Thanks.

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Regards, Alexander.           http://sjcomp.com