[Boost-users] binding to new

Subject: [Boost-users] binding to new
From: Noah Roberts (roberts.noah_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-22 17:13:22

I have a factory that returns an instance of a concrete under an 
abstraction.  It works by matching a "command" string to a command 
handler that is created and returned to the client.  It's basically a 
stack of regex->creator pairs.  The creator is a function that returns a 
pointer to the abstract type.

I'd like to provide that function by binding to the new operator. 
Currently I have a static function in each concrete type that just calls 
new and I bind to it.  I can't think of what syntax I would use to bind 
to new and am inclined to think it impossible, but I thought I'd ask.