Overloading [] and Assignment

[Mastadex]

Im working on a small class that mimics an Auto pointer (much like the STD version) but it manages arrays. So I have the operator[] overloaded so I could take out values from the array, I was wondering if there was a way to SET values into an array by overloading something similar to [].

AutoPtr<int> foo();

foo[10] = 100;


is there such thing as operator[]=?

[vart]

if you overloaded the operator [] and if it is returns a refrence to the stored value - you should be able to modify this value as well as retreive it using this operator...

[laserlight]

Incidentally, there's the maxim that subscript operators often come in pairs that might be of interest to you.

[CornedBee]

Also of interest might by Boost's scoped_array and shared_array, which are smart pointers to arrays. They have different copy semantics than auto_ptr, though.

[Mastadex]

Just out of curiosity, is there a way to catch the initialization of an array? for example:

ArrayPtr<int> a[10];

From my understanding is that the constructor of ArrayPtr is called 10 times and the array exists outside the bounds of the ArrayPtr object. Is tehre a way to catch this without using static variables or overloading new[]?

[CornedBee]

the array exists outside the bounds of the ArrayPtr object.

The array consists of 10 ArrayPtr objects, in this case. Which may or may not be what you intended, but speaking of "the" ArrayPtr object makes no sense.

Is tehre a way to catch this without using static variables or overloading new[]?

Catch what?

[Daved]

You'll probably have to force users of your ArrayPtr class to use this syntax:

ArrayPtr<int> a(10);