Re: The use of RefPtr

[Hubert Figuiere <hub figuiere net>]

On 03/05/2009 08:05 PM, Eddie Carle wrote:
> I am unclear as to why these shared pointers are needed for certain
> things. For example, why can I not pass a TreeModel that has been
> statically allocated to ComboBox?

It the TreeModel constructor even accessible? I don't think it is.

> If the TreeModel goes out of scope at
> the same time as the ComboBox will there still be problems? Is there a
> way to get ComboBox to accept a normal pointer and not worry about the
> deallocation of the TreeModel?

Because TreeModel are refcounted as they can be shared with different 
widget.
That's the design.

Hub