c++ - 有 C++ 惰性指针吗？

Question

我需要一个类似 shared_ptr 的对象，但当我尝试访问它的成员时它会自动创建一个真实的对象。

例如，我有:

class Box
{
public:
    unsigned int width;
    unsigned int height;
    Box(): width(50), height(100){}
};

std::vector< lazy<Box> > boxes;
boxes.resize(100);

// at this point boxes contain no any real Box object.
// But when I try to access box number 50, for example,
// it will be created.

std::cout << boxes[49].width;

// now vector contains one real box and 99 lazy boxes.

是否有一些实现，或者我应该自己编写？

Answer 1

自行推出非常简单。

template<typename T>
class lazy {
public:
    lazy() : child(0) {}
    ~lazy() { delete child; }
    T &operator*() {
        if (!child) child = new T;
        return *child;
    }
    // might dereference NULL pointer if unset...
    // but if this is const, what else can be done?
    const T &operator*() const { return *child; }
    T *operator->() { return &**this; }
    const T *operator->() const { return &**this; }
private:
    T *child;
};

// ...

cout << boxes[49]->width;