simple_any
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simple_any.h

Author: jonathan_herbst Created on August 7, 2014, 3:51 PM

Idea and most of the code functionality from boost::spirit::hold_any.  Interface from boost::any.

A class to hold any type of data, but whose type does not rely on the the type of data being stored.

Example Usage: a list containing many different types.

struct my_type {};

std::list<simple_any> any_list; any_list.emplace_back('a'); any_list.emplace_back(std::string("a string")); any_list.emplace_back(52); any_list.emplace_back(my_type());

Why c-style function pointers are used: The memory for the static function pointers is still allocated at program termination (n3337 Section 3.7.1), but will be invalidated in the case of c++11 style function objects and not c-style pointers because destructors will get called before that point.  Example in function_object_failure.cpp.

simple_any
simple_any

A class that holds any type of variable in a type safe manner.