Question on boost weak pointers

[minkowski]

Hi, Have a quick question on Boost weak pointers. Hope this is the place to ask. I found the article Smart Pointers to boost your code[^] and on the paragraph "cyclic references" in the code there is the line child->myDad = dad; where does the dad come from? Can't seem to see it defined anywhere in the code. Thanks for any information.

[tolw]

I think it's just a typo. Should be:

child->myDad = parent;

EDIT: You can download the sources just to be certain :)

[minkowski]

Ha ha, yes I did think it should be parent. Thanks!

[Stuart Dootson]

Why not post this message on that article rather than here? Looking at the article, I think that's a typo - dad should be parent

Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

[minkowski]

Hmmm, if it was a typo to put "dad" instead of "parent", then is the diagram showing dad pointing to the CDad struct a mistake as well?

[minkowski]

Actually, if it was a typo then why does the diagram underneath refer to "dad" and the dad.reset() ? Surely that can't be a typo as well?

[Stuart Dootson]

He probably used dad and son or boy throughout, then tried to remove the gender specificness as it could be seen as discriminatory? :-)

Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

[minkowski]

Hmmm, thats confusing! :confused: I'll try and email the author (if thats possible) as it is a good article and I want to get my head round it. Thanks !

[tolw]

As I said before - you really should download the sources first. The code will probably clear things up :)