Smart Pointers from Boost.org

[astewix]

Hey everyone,

Has anyone managed to successfully use anything from the smart pointer library from www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/index.htm ? I can't seem to even compile the thing. Any help is appreciated.

:D

[Stuka]

I briefly threw a shared_ptr<> into some code of mine...I'm still playing with it big-time, so it's out again. However, I had no issues compiling the code with simple declarations in there. What kind of issues are you having?

[astewix]

it's just having problems finding the hpp files.

smart_ptr_test.cpp:27:32: boost/scoped_ptr.hpp: No such file or directory
smart_ptr_test.cpp:28:34: boost/scoped_array.hpp: No such file or directory
smart_ptr_test.cpp:29:32: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: No such file or directory
smart_ptr_test.cpp:30:34: boost/shared_array.hpp: No such file or directory
smart_ptr_test.cpp:32:45: boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp: No such file or dir
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smart_ptr_test.cpp:40: `boost' was not declared in this scope


i compiled it with g++ -Wall -pedantic -ansi smart_ptr_test.cpp

and i've got a folder called boost with all the hpp files in there. So I'm a bit puzzled.

Did you use the shared_ptr<> from the boost libraries?

[bwkaz]

You need to tell it where the boost directory is, with an I option (capital i). If you put them in ./boost/, then you need to add -I. to your compile command line (or put the include file in quotes).

[Stuka]

Yes, I did, and bwkaz has your answer - you just need to point gcc to your include files.