Support reassignment of undefined Boxed_Values

boxedcpp/bootstrap.hpp

@@ -394,6 +394,37 @@ void add_opers_arithmetic(BoxedCPP_System &s)
 
 }
 
+class bad_boxed_value_cast : public std::bad_cast
+{
+  public:
+    bad_boxed_value_cast(const std::string &val) throw()
+      : m_val(val)
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual ~bad_boxed_value_cast() throw()
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual const char * what() const throw()
+    {
+      return m_val.c_str();
+    }
+
+  private:
+    std::string m_val;
+};
+
+Boxed_Value unknown_assign(Boxed_Value lhs, Boxed_Value rhs)
+{
+  if (lhs.is_unknown())
+  {
+    return (lhs.assign(rhs));
+  } else {
+    throw bad_boxed_value_cast("boxed_value has a set type alread");
+  }
+}
+
 //Built in to_string operator
 template<typename Input>
 std::string to_string(Input i)
@@ -435,6 +466,7 @@ void bootstrap(BoxedCPP_System &s)
 
   register_function(s, &to_string<const std::string &>, "to_string");
   register_function(s, &to_string<bool>, "to_string");
+  register_function(s, &unknown_assign, "=");
 
   bootstrap_pod_type<double>(s, "double");
   bootstrap_pod_type<int>(s, "int");

boxedcpp/boxed_value.hpp

@@ -9,54 +9,129 @@
 
 class Boxed_Value
 {
+  private:
+    struct Data
+    {
+      Data(const Type_Info &ti,
+           const boost::any &to,
+           bool tr)
+        : m_type_info(ti), m_obj(to), m_is_ref(tr)
+      {
+      }
+
+      Data &operator=(const Data &rhs)
+      {
+        m_type_info = rhs.m_type_info;
+        m_obj = rhs.m_obj;
+        m_is_ref = rhs.m_is_ref;
+
+        return *this;
+      }
+
+      Type_Info m_type_info;
+      boost::any m_obj;
+      bool m_is_ref;
+    };
+
   public:
+    struct Void_Type
+    {
+    };
+
     template<typename T>
       explicit Boxed_Value(boost::shared_ptr<T> obj)
-       : m_type_info(Get_Type_Info<T>()()), m_obj(obj), m_is_ref(false)
+       : m_data(new Data(
+           Get_Type_Info<T>()(), 
+           boost::any(obj), 
+           false)
+         )
       {
       }
 
     template<typename T>
       explicit Boxed_Value(boost::reference_wrapper<T> obj)
-       : m_type_info(Get_Type_Info<T>()()), m_obj(obj), m_is_ref(true)
+       : m_data(new Data(
+             Get_Type_Info<T>()(),
+             boost::any(obj), 
+             true)
+           )
       {
       }
 
     template<typename T>
       explicit Boxed_Value(const T& t)
-       : m_type_info(Get_Type_Info<T>()()), m_obj(boost::shared_ptr<T>(new T(t))), m_is_ref(false)
+       : m_data(new Data(
+             Get_Type_Info<T>()(), 
+             boost::any(boost::shared_ptr<T>(new T(t))), 
+             false)
+           )
       {
       }
 
+    Boxed_Value(Boxed_Value::Void_Type)
+      : m_data(new Data(
+            Get_Type_Info<void>()(),
+            boost::any(), 
+            false)
+          )
+    {
+    }
+
     Boxed_Value(const Boxed_Value &t_so)
-      : m_type_info(t_so.m_type_info), m_obj(t_so.m_obj), m_is_ref(t_so.m_is_ref)
+      : m_data(t_so.m_data)
     {
     }
 
     Boxed_Value()
-      : m_type_info(Get_Type_Info<void>()()), m_is_ref(false)
+      : m_data(new Data(
+            Type_Info(),
+            boost::any(),
+            false)
+          )
     {
     }
 
+    Boxed_Value assign(const Boxed_Value &rhs)
+    {
+      (*m_data) = (*rhs.m_data);
+      return *this;
+    }
+
+    Boxed_Value &operator=(const Boxed_Value &rhs)
+    {
+      m_data = rhs.m_data;
+      /*
+      std::cout << "operator= called" << std::endl;
+      m_data->m_obj = rhs.m_data->m_obj;
+      m_data->m_type_info = rhs.m_data->m_type_info;
+      m_data->m_is_ref = rhs.m_data->m_is_ref;
+      (*m_data) = (*rhs.m_data);
+      */
+      return *this;
+    }
+
     const Type_Info &get_type_info() const
     {
-      return m_type_info;
+      return m_data->m_type_info;
+    }
+
+    bool is_unknown() const
+    {
+      return m_data->m_type_info.m_is_unknown;
     }
 
     boost::any get() const
     {
-      return m_obj;
+      return m_data->m_obj;
     }
 
     bool is_ref() const
     {
-      return m_is_ref;
+      return m_data->m_is_ref;
     }
 
   private:
-    Type_Info m_type_info;
-    boost::any m_obj;
-    bool m_is_ref;
+    boost::shared_ptr<Data> m_data;
 };
 
 
@@ -140,6 +215,7 @@ struct Cast_Helper<Boxed_Value>
   }
 };
 
+
 struct Boxed_POD_Value
 {
   Boxed_POD_Value(const Boxed_Value &v)
@@ -205,7 +281,6 @@ struct Boxed_POD_Value
       throw boost::bad_any_cast();
     }
   }
-    
 
 
   bool operator==(const Boxed_POD_Value &r) const

boxedcpp/proxy_functions.hpp

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct Handle_Return<void>
   Boxed_Value operator()(const boost::function<void ()> &f)
   {
     f();
-    return Boxed_Value();
+    return Boxed_Value(Boxed_Value::Void_Type());
   }
 };
 

boxedcpp/type_info.hpp

@@ -8,17 +8,38 @@ struct Type_Info
   Type_Info(bool t_is_const, bool t_is_reference, bool t_is_pointer, bool t_is_void, 
       const std::type_info *t_ti, const std::type_info *t_bareti)
     : m_is_const(t_is_const), m_is_reference(t_is_reference), m_is_pointer(t_is_pointer),
-      m_type_info(t_ti), m_bare_type_info(t_bareti)
+      m_type_info(t_ti), m_bare_type_info(t_bareti),
+      m_is_unknown(false)
   {
   }
 
+  Type_Info()
+    : m_is_const(false), m_is_reference(false), m_is_pointer(false),
+      m_is_void(false), m_type_info(0), m_bare_type_info(0),
+      m_is_unknown(true)
+  {
+  }
+
+  Type_Info &operator=(const Type_Info &ti)
+  {
+    m_is_const = ti.m_is_const;
+    m_is_reference = ti.m_is_reference;
+    m_is_pointer = ti.m_is_pointer;
+    m_is_void = ti.m_is_void;
+    m_type_info = ti.m_type_info;
+    m_bare_type_info = ti.m_bare_type_info;
+    m_is_unknown = ti.m_is_unknown;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
   bool m_is_const;
   bool m_is_reference;
   bool m_is_pointer;
   bool m_is_void;
   const std::type_info *m_type_info;
   const std::type_info *m_bare_type_info;
-};
+  bool m_is_unknown;
+ };
 
 template<typename T>
 struct Get_Type_Info

wesley/main.cpp

@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             catch (const ReturnValue &rv) {
                 val = rv.retval;
             }
-            if (*(val.get_type_info().m_bare_type_info) != typeid(void)) {
+            if (val.get_type_info().m_bare_type_info && *(val.get_type_info().m_bare_type_info) != typeid(void)) {
                 try {
                     Boxed_Value printeval = dispatch(ss.get_function("to_string"), Param_List_Builder() << val);
                     std::cout << "result: ";