> <heresy alert!>
> 3. Maybe allow automatic conversion to the underlying pointer type?
> Passing x.get_interface_ptr() to functions is ugly typing
> </heresy alert!>

Definitely not. There are better ways.

FYI: At a simple level, switching to ref_ptr will buy you a drop from
    x.get_interface_ptr()
to
    x.get()

Naturally, there are many cases where we'll be able to be a bit cleverer and get away from even having to do this.

I'll be working on this a lot over the next week or so. I can get a long way with what you've already submitted, but it'd be helpful if you can give me a code sample for each case.

Cheers

Matthew

Hi Mathew,

  I knew you'd say that ;-).
But get() /is/ nicer.

Adi

Matthew wrote:
>> <heresy alert!>
>> 3. Maybe allow automatic conversion to the underlying pointer type?
>> Passing x.get_interface_ptr() to functions is ugly typing
>> </heresy alert!>
> 
> Definitely not. There are better ways.
> 
> FYI: At a simple level, switching to ref_ptr will buy you a drop from
>     x.get_interface_ptr()
> to
>     x.get()
> 
> Naturally, there are many cases where we'll be able to be a bit cleverer and
> get away from even having to do this.
> 
> I'll be working on this a lot over the next week or so. I can get a long way
> with what you've already submitted, but it'd be helpful if you can give me a
> code sample for each case.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Matthew
> 
> 
>