Re: [Boost-users] [Variant]Pointers to using pointers

From: Alan M. Carroll (amc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-17 17:44:12

That is correct, don't use pointers with Boost.Variant.

Boost.Variant works well with smart pointers, however, such as
Boost.shared_ptr and Boost. intrusive_ptr.

At 11:46 AM 3/17/2006, Conway Allen wrote:
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> The following, I suppose, produces a
> memory leak… is there any way to avoid this? Don’t use variant with
> pointers… ?
>  
> variant<T1*,T2*> vt; 
> vt = new T1; 
> vt = new T2; 
>  
> Thanks, Allen.
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