how do you make a node of pointer of a device? (device is just a class that i made up, i need to use pointers in LL so i can "share" one object with multiple LLs)

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struct node
{
  device * devicePtr;
  node * left, * right, * next;
  node(const device * dvptr)               {
              dvptr = NULL;
              left = right = next = NULL;                          }
}

struct node { device * devicePtr; node * left, * right, * next; node(const device * dvptr) { dvptr = NULL; left = right = next = NULL; } }

then how can i access to the pointer? such as when i do a copy constructor

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const list& list::operator= (const list& aList)
{
	//if self copy, don't do anything
	if(this == &aList)
		return *this;
 
	//release exist memory , if there's any
	if (head)
	{
		destroyList();
	}
	//make *this a deep copy of "aList"
	if(!aList.head)
		head = NULL;
	else
	{
		//copy the first node
		head = new node(aList.head->dvptr);
 
		node * currSrc = aList.head->dvptr;
		node * currDes = head;
 
		while(currSrc)
		{
			currDes->next = new node(currSrc->dvptr);
			currDes = currDes->next;
 
			currSrc = currSrc->next;
		}
 
		currDes->next = NULL;
	}
	return *this;
}

const list& list::operator= (const list& aList) { //if self copy, don't do anything if(this == &aList) return *this; //release exist memory , if there's any if (head) { destroyList(); } //make *this a deep copy of "aList" if(!aList.head) head = NULL; else { //copy the first node head = new node(aList.head->dvptr); node * currSrc = aList.head->dvptr; node * currDes = head; while(currSrc) { currDes->next = new node(currSrc->dvptr); currDes = currDes->next; currSrc = currSrc->next; } currDes->next = NULL; } return *this; }

I know that aList.head->dvptr and currSrc->dvptr are wrong but i don't know how else
Can anyone point it out for me?
Thanks

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2...rs.html?page=1

try reading this... it's kind of long, but it also explains the RAII idiom and a large variety of smart pointers.
If your STL version doesn't have std::tr1 you will probably have to install boost in order to have access to the shared_ptr, or you could just implement it yourself ( a trivial implementation is quite easy once you understand how a shared_ptr works: u just have to increase the reference count when you copy and assign the shared_ptr, decrease it in the destructor if count>1 or permanentrly destroy the pointed resource in the destructor if count = 1. )