Re: [Boost-users] weak_ptr::lock is not thread safe

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] weak_ptr::lock is not thread safe
From: Cliff Green (cliffg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-16 11:28:17

From: Dmytro Ovdiienko:
>class SomeClass{
>public:
>    boost::shared_ptr<SomeClass> s_this_;
>    boost::weak_ptr<SomeClass> w_this_;
>    
>   SomeClass()
>    {
>       s_this_.reset( this );
>        w_this_ = s_this_;
    
Shouldn't you be using shared_from_this()? Creating a shared_ptr from "this" doesn't work otherwise. Check out the shared_ptr docs for more info.

Cliff