[Boost-users] [boost::variant] problems with pointers

From: Jeffrey Holle (jeffreyholle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-04 19:59:01

After much inefficient debugging, I've discovered that adding a pointer 
type to a boost::variant is a no-no.  It appears to get translated into 
a bool via get<>, which throws a bad_get exception erroneously (at least 
in my opinion).

The caviots of using a pointer type in variant really needs to be 
documented!  It doesn't appear to be done so now.

I've discovered that wrapping the pointer in a boost::shared_pointer is 
a solution.  But it wasn't obvious.