Re: [Boost-users] [review] Fast track review of Boost.Utility/Singleton

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-15 14:29:56

Nat Goodspeed wrote:
>    My one additional comment on design: people are very used to writing 
> my_singleton::instance()->member. I like the coolness of writing 
> my_singleton::instance->member instead, but I suspect I'll hear some 
> grumbling from colleagues who keep getting reminded by compile errors. I 
> wish it were possible to provide 'instance' as both a static data member 
> and a static member function...
>    But I'd be good with having this become the new convention.
>   

It's actually easy, although I don't think it's a good idea:

class instance_t {
    T* operator->() const;
    T* operator()() const;
};

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe