I will describe what I want using the vector class and then point out the limitations of using vector.
vector <MyClass> MyContainer.
MyContainer.pus h( new MyClass(...) )
MyContainer[0] now contains the first instance of MyClass.
MyContainer.pus h( new MyClass(...) )
MyContainer[1] now contains the second instance of MyClass.
MyContainer[1].delete() destroys the second instance of MyClass.
MyContainer[0] still contains the instance of MyClass.
MyContainer.pus h( new MyClass(...) )
MyContainer[2] now contains the third instance of MyClass. MyContainer[0] still contains the first instance of MyClass.
I would be perfectly happy with this (and might end up using this solution) except for the memory leak. In practice this memory leak would be a non-issue. Creation and destruction of MyClass is a significant undertaking and won't happen more than once a second even in extreme cases. Hence, the vector will grow by at most 24*60*60 or roughly 100,000 a day - and my program is not intended to run for days. Nonetheless, the leak is ugly and I would prefer a cleaner solution.
I need an integer index to the instances of MyClass because I need to be able to pass those instances back and forth to a non-C environment. In the other environment, I need to be able to track these instances of MyClass as integers as that is the only type that I have.
Another option is to cast some c++ pointer to an int, pass it back to the non-C environment and then cast that integer back to a c++ pointer when it comes back to the c++ side. That, IMHO, is even uglier.
By the way, I will use smart pointers instead of new and delete, but that is not relevant to this discussion.
I look forward to your suggestions.
Thanks,
Ken
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Use a map instead? You can't access using the [] operator but you can use a non-contiguous set of integers as the key to the objects and you can find a object given it's integer key.
Instead of calling the delete() member function of your class you can call the erase member function of the map. You may have to track the next key value to use.
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