Re: Protecting against uninitialized variables
On Mar 19, 3:22 pm, Greg Herlihy <gre...@pacbell.net> wrote:
In my view this solution is over-engineered - it goes far beyond what is
required to ensure the zero-initialization of a fundamental type serving as
a class member. I would think that a more pared-down implementation would do
the job:
template <class T>
struct safe_type
{
safe_type() : value(T()) {}
operator T&() { return value; }
private:
T value;
};
typedef safe_type<int> safe_int;
struct C
{
C() {}
private:
safe_int i;
};
Thanks, Greg. I wasn't aware that it was possible to default-
initialize the fundamental types. How does this look as a revised
implementation?
template <class T>
struct safe_type
{
safe_type() : m_val(T()) {}
safe_type(T val) : m_val(val) {}
T& operator=(T val) { m_val = val; return *this; }
operator T&() { return m_val; }
operator const T&() const { return m_val; }
T operator->() const { return m_val; }
private:
T m_val;
};
The operator->() overload is there to allow declarations like this:
safe_type<Foo*> m_foo;
To be used in place of
Foo* m_foo;
Tim
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