Re: auto_ptr not dereferencable

From:
mkarja <mkarja@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:29:42 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<55fa17c7-61b5-47da-a233-5fdfb190df87@i7g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
On 28 helmi, 07:23, raof01 <fera_b...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hello mkarja,

On 28 helmi, 07:00, raof01 <fera_b...@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hello mkarja,

"Debug Assertion Failed, auto_ptr not
dereferencable"
please new one instance and is pointed by auto_ptr.

Thank you for the answer, but I'm sorry, I don't understand what you
mean.
Do you mean that I should do something like this:
std::auto_ptr<osCom> m_osCom (new osCom);
I've tried that, but it just gives me an error saying, "error C2059:
syntax error : 'new'"
----
mkarja

Forgot "()"? :-)
std::auto_ptr<osCom> m_osCom (new osCom());
But I think you'd better initialize m_osCom in ctor.
BTW, are you coming from C# community or ?

It gives the same syntax error even with
std::auto_ptr<osCom> m_osCom (new osCom());
Do I have to initialize it somehow in the .h or .cpp file before I try
to use it in the .cpp file?

No, I'm not coming from C#. Just never used auto_ptr before and are a
bit lost with it, it seems :)

----
mkarja


Sorry for confusing you. If osCom doesn't have ctor with no arguments, you
should use another ctor of osCom.
E.g.
You have:
class osCom
{
public: // All kinds of ctor's but without osCom()
        osCom(int) { /* ... */ }
        osCom(const string &) { /* ... */ }
// ...};

Then you will use something like below:
        std::auto_ptr<osCom> m_osCom (new osCom(0));
or
        std::auto_ptr<osCom> m_osCom (new osCom("Hello"));

If you want to initialize it elsewhere, put the initialization into initialization
list of ctor - just a recommendation.

All my code can be compiled by g++ 3.4.4.

WBR,
raof01
mailto:fera_b...@hotmail.com
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No worries, I'm quite capable of confusing myself. I appreciate your
efforts.
I'll try to explain a bit better my case also.
The "m_osCom->Initialize(this);" line in the Communicator.cpp calls an
Initialize
function in OsCommunication.cpp file. The Initialize is defined in
OsCommunication.h
file as void Initialize(void *);.
The OsCommunication is an abstract class so I can't
instantiate it straight. So I've done an "typedef OsCommunication
osCom;" in the
Communicator.h file and then define the m_osCom as
std::auto_ptr<osCom> m_osCom; in
the same Communicator.h file.
Then when I get to the "m_osCom->Initialize(this);" line in the
Communicator.cpp
file, I get the error "auto_ptr not dereferencable".

I hope this makes this a bit clearer.

----
mkarja

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