[Boost-users] Variant pointer and bool

Subject: [Boost-users] Variant pointer and bool
From: Philipp Hamann (philipp.hamann_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-13 11:02:16

Hi all,
I have a class, call it "Property", containing a value, which can be of 
many different types, like int, string, bool, but also a pointer to 
binary data. So I decided to use boost::variant.

The problem is that when I assign a pointer to the variant, it is 
implicitly casted to a bool. So I do not get the pointer out of the 
variant again.

Is boost::variant not suitable for my needs or is there a recommended 
workaround?

I will post some code to make my problem more clear.

boost::variant<void*, bool, int, std::string> value;
void* p;
value = p;
bool b =  boost::get<bool>(value); //OK
void* p2 = boost::get<void*>(value); //Error

Thanks for your help

        Philipp