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Hi, I'm trying to learn more about pointers and container classes. i decided to try building a container that wraps around a pointer, and can add extra features (garbage collection and such). I've been having a few troubles. Here is the code for the container: It works fine, until I try something like this: Pointer<char> TEST = new char; TEST = "dfsdff"; which compiles, but causes a debug assertion failure. Any help is much appreciated, which also includes any feedback about my code (please be constructive though).
template <class T> class Pointer
{
public:
typedef unsigned short size_t;
typedef unsigned short index_t;
Pointer() {tData = 0;};
Pointer(T *tN) {tData = tN;};
~Pointer() {delete[] tData;};
void operator = (const T tN) {*tData = tN;};
T * operator -> () {return *(&tData);};
T * operator [] (index_t ID) {return &tData[ID];};
T * operator * () {return *tData;};
T & operator & () {return &tData;};
operator T() {return *tData;};
private:
T *tData;
};
