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28 <h2><span class="refentrytitle">Class old_pointer</span></h2>
29 <p>boost::contract::old_pointer — Convert old value copies into old value pointers. </p>
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35 <span class="keyword">class</span> <a class="link" href="old_pointer.html" title="Class old_pointer">old_pointer</a> <span class="special">{</span>
36 <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span>
38 <span class="comment">// <a class="link" href="old_pointer.html#idm45394999074832-bb">public member functions</a></span>
39 <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> T<span class="special">></span> <a class="link" href="old_pointer.html#idm45394999074272-bb"><span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="identifier">old_ptr_if_copyable</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">></span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
40 <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> T<span class="special">></span> <a class="link" href="old_pointer.html#idm45394999068640-bb"><span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="identifier">old_ptr</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">></span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
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43 <a name="idm45707994721776"></a><h2>Description</h2>
44 <p>This class is usually only implicitly used by this library and it does not explicitly appear in user code (that is why this class does not have public constructors, etc.). </p>
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47 <a name="idm45394999074832-bb"></a><code class="computeroutput">old_pointer</code> public member functions</h3>
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50 <pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> T<span class="special">></span> <a name="idm45394999074272-bb"></a><span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="identifier">old_ptr_if_copyable</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">></span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>Convert this object to an actual old value pointer for which the old value type <code class="computeroutput">T</code> might or not be copyable. <p>For example, this is implicitly called when assigning or initializing old value pointers of type <code class="computeroutput"><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="old_ptr_if_copyable.html" title="Class template old_ptr_if_copyable">boost::contract::old_ptr_if_copyable</a></code></code>.</p>
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66 <td><p><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput">T</code></span></p></td>
67 <td><p>Type of the pointed old value. The old value pointer will always be null if this type is not copyable (see <code class="computeroutput"><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="is_old_value_copyable.html" title="Struct template is_old_value_copyable">boost::contract::is_old_value_copyable</a></code></code>), but this library will not generate a compile-time error. </p></td>
74 <pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> T<span class="special">></span> <a name="idm45394999068640-bb"></a><span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="identifier">old_ptr</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="identifier">T</span> <span class="special">></span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>Convert this object to an actual old value pointer for which the old value type <code class="computeroutput">T</code> must be copyable. <p>For example, this is implicitly called when assigning or initializing old value pointers of type <code class="computeroutput"><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="old_ptr.html" title="Class template old_ptr">boost::contract::old_ptr</a></code></code>.</p>
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90 <td><p><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput">T</code></span></p></td>
91 <td><p>Type of the pointed old value. This type must be copyable (see <code class="computeroutput"><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="is_old_value_copyable.html" title="Struct template is_old_value_copyable">boost::contract::is_old_value_copyable</a></code></code>), otherwise this library will generate a compile-time error when the old value pointer is dereferenced. </p></td>
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