• "Matthew" <matthew hat.stlsoft.dot.org> Dec 02 2006
• Adi Shavit <adish gentech.co.il> Dec 05 2006

"Matthew" <matthew hat.stlsoft.dot.org> writes:

 <heresy alert!>
 3. Maybe allow automatic conversion to the underlying pointer type?
 Passing x.get_interface_ptr() to functions is ugly typing
 </heresy alert!>


Definitely not. There are better ways.

FYI: At a simple level, switching to ref_ptr will buy you a drop from
    x.get_interface_ptr()
to
    x.get()

Naturally, there are many cases where we'll be able to be a bit cleverer and
get away from even having to do this.

I'll be working on this a lot over the next week or so. I can get a long way
with what you've already submitted, but it'd be helpful if you can give me a
code sample for each case.

Cheers

Matthew

Adi Shavit <adish gentech.co.il> writes:

Hi Mathew,

   I knew you'd say that ;-).
But get() /is/ nicer.

Adi

Matthew wrote:
 <heresy alert!>
 3. Maybe allow automatic conversion to the underlying pointer type?
 Passing x.get_interface_ptr() to functions is ugly typing
 </heresy alert!>


 Definitely not. There are better ways.
 
 FYI: At a simple level, switching to ref_ptr will buy you a drop from
     x.get_interface_ptr()
 to
     x.get()
 
 Naturally, there are many cases where we'll be able to be a bit cleverer and
 get away from even having to do this.
 
 I'll be working on this a lot over the next week or so. I can get a long way
 with what you've already submitted, but it'd be helpful if you can give me a
 code sample for each case.
 
 Cheers
 
 Matthew