On 21/05/2013 06:32 PM, Kevin Wampler wrote:
> On 5/21/2013 10:25 AM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> However, I can't seem to figure out what to write in the constructor.
>> I've got a field that looks like
>>
>> boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<Foo>> _foo;
>>
>> What do I need to do to initialise this correctly?
>
>
> boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<Foo>> _foo(new std::vector<Foo>());
>
> Take a look over the constructors of shared_ptr for more detail. I
> should note that it's relatively uncommon that I want a shared_ptr to a
> std::vector. Unless you actually need to store _foo somewhere else in
> the code it's might be better to just forgo the shared_ptr and pass _foo
> by reference to whichever functions need it.

The only reason I'm doing this is to avoid putting the real definition 
of Foo in the header file.

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