On 20 Aug 2014 at 14:10, Stephen Channell wrote:
I do a lot of development using native C++ and managed C++/CLI, and have coded a simple smart pointer wrapper around intrusive_ptr to allow C++/CLI code to use reference counting objects without change. IntrusivePtr takes advantage of the template support engineered for gcroot<T> to implement the smart pointer. It´s a wrapper to support factory functions that return intrusive_ptr.
Whilst many would object to putting C++/CLI conditional code into boost, the smart pointer is too small to stand alone and too boost specific for Microsoft.
You may not be aware that Microsoft contributed WinRT support for Boost, and that should be fully merged into Boost 1.57. I'd suggest you hand over your idea to one of the Microsoft engineers on this list and let them push it for you as part of their general support of Boost. Search the archives for patches from Microsoft, you probably don't want Stephan but you will want Steve (stgates). Niall -- ned Productions Limited Consulting http://www.nedproductions.biz/ http://ie.linkedin.com/in/nialldouglas/