Re: [boost] [smart_ptr] Is there any interest in unique_ptr with type erased deleter?

On 03/21/17 16:33, Andrey Davydov wrote:

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Andrey Semashev mailto:andrey.semashev@gmail.com> wrote:

struct poly_deleter { template< typename T > poly_deleter(T* p) : m_p(p), m_delete(&poly_deleter::do_delete< T >) { }

void operator() (void*) const noexcept { m_delete(m_p); }

private: template< typename T > static void do_delete(void* p) noexcept { delete static_cast< T* >(p); }

void* m_p; void (*m_delete)(void*); };

This will work even if you form std::unique_ptr (i.e. don't have a universal base class).

Your poly_deleter implementation is the same as I used inside my smart pointer implementation, but there is an issue with std::unique_ptr, namely it is not constructible from std::unique_ptr because poly_deleter must capture pointer and so it is not constructible from std::default_delete.

I think that problem can be solved by make_poly_unique or a conversion helper function. Hardly a whole new smart-pointer is an adequate solution.