[Boost-users] How can I get a reference from a boost smart pointer?

From: Meryl Silverburgh (silverburgh.meryl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-15 20:12:11

Hi,

I have a pointer to a class:
A* aPt;
and I deference it to pass that as a reference
void aFunction(A& aRef);

and I call
aFunction(*aPt);

but if I switch to use boost smart pointer how can I de-reference it
and call aFunction()?

shared_ptr<A> aPt;

I tried:
aFunction(aPt); // does not compile
aFunction(aPt->get()); // does not compile.

Thank you for any help.