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George_George wrote:

whether the wrapped pointer member must be pointing to inner structs/classes? Or the pointer could be pointed to global/namespace level structs/classes?

class Object; // forward declaration.
class User
{
  Object* pObj;
  // ...
};
class Object
{
  // ...
};

VuNic wrote:

It may point to anything. Inner or outer, it's a bad practice. It's highly recommended not to use it.

<br />
class MyApp<br />
{<br />
<br />
  MyGun* pmygun;<br />
  MyBomb* pBomb;<br />
  MyMissle* pMissile;<br />
.<br />
.<br />
.<br />
<br />
}<br />
MyApp()<br />
{<br />
   //Many of these pointers will not get initialized here.<br />
}<br />
<br />
LoadWeapon(Handle,Type)<br />
{<br />
  // Load few<br />
}<br />
<br />
UnloadWeapon(Handle,Type)<br />
{<br />
<br />
}<br />
<br />
<br />
~MyApp()<br />
{<br />
  // Here you have the burden to check if allll the weaopns have been unloaded. Forgetting it would shatter your desktop ;)<br />
}<br />

~Foo() {
  if(m_pG) {
    m_pG->Release();
    m_pG = NULL;
  }
}

George_George wrote:

How do you pronounce the word "Pimpl"?