Re: [Boost-users] shared_ptr and && operator

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] shared_ptr and && operator
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-08 15:16:37

AMDG

Robert Dailey wrote:
> Just wondering what happens if I do this:
>
> boost::shared_ptr<Foo> foo;
> boost::shared_ptr<Bar> bar;
> if( foo && bar )
> {
>   // Do stuff if both pointers are valid...
> }
>
> I did not see an overloaded && operator in the interface of the class. When
> using normal pointer semantics, this code is valid through implicit
> conversion of a pointer value to a boolean type.
>   

The same applies to shared_ptr.
http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.htm#conversions

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe