Re: A question on 'auto_ptr'

[John V. Shahid]

On Sat, 2007-08-25 at 06:08 -0700, jalqadir@gmail.com wrote:
> I would like to pass a variable pointer that has been instantiated
> using 'auto_ptr' to a class method, however, the compiler complains
> saying that it does not recognize the method call;

You have to know that Auto-pointers are class objects, not scalar
pointers. They might look like pointers while using them, but they
aren't. If you want to declare a function which takes an auto_pointer,
then declare the function's arguments as auto_ptr<T> object, where "T"
is some specific type or a template type.

> main(){
>    std::string temp*
>    std::auto_ptr<std::string> tmp(new std::string("hey!"));}
>    MyClass mc();
>    mc.MyMethod(temp); // <<-- Error??
>    ...
> }

Did you realize that "temp" in main is a pointer, and MyMethod is
expecting a reference ? Besides, what does "temp" has to do with
Auto-pointers, isn't it just a regular pointer !!

Cheers,
-- 
John V. Shahid <jvshahid@gmail.com>