Re: type safe issue

From:
=?Utf-8?B?R2Vvcmdl?= <George@discussions.microsoft.com>
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microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:46:03 -0800
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<8800729D-FF75-473A-A0C2-E37B94CA93B8@microsoft.com>
Sorry Igor,

English is not my native language.

I think you mean the solution I posted can solve type safe issue to some
extent, but not solving all issues, for example, this is the issue you
pointed,

Well, if you are hell-bent on breaking this solution, you can of course
write

IComPtr<IY, &IID_IZ> p;
p.CreateInstance(...);

and using CComPtr smart pointer can solve the issue mentioned above,

template <typename I, IID* iid = &__uuidof(I)>
class CComPtr {...};

Correct?

regards,
George

"Igor Tandetnik" wrote:

"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CB15EE63-9A31-4107-BD96-4E133DE8A4D6@microsoft.com

1. [my understanding of solution] How do you think of my
understanding of why the solution solves type safe issue I described
above in my original question? Correct?


No idea. I didn't understand what you were trying to say, no offense
intended.

2. [solution itself] How do you think of the solution I posted above
to solve the type safe issue? Correct solution?


I'm not sure what the definition of "correct" is here. Unbreakable? No,
you can still introduce a mismatch on purpose. Useful in practice? Yes,
it is.
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