From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-18 13:28:31
on Sun Jun 17 2007, Tobias Schwinger <tschwinger-AT-isonews2.com> wrote:
> Dear Boost community,
>
> do we have a function object template to wrap arbitrary constructor
> calls / operator new expressions somewhere in Boost, already?
>
> If not, is there any interest in such a thing?
>
> Interface draft:
> ================
>
> factory<T> // constructs X and returns it by value
> factory<T*> // uses operator new, returns a pointer
auto_ptr, please.
>
>
> Where operator() takes a variable number of arguments, forwarded to the
> constructor.
Isn't in-place construction the most general case?
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