Re: [Gems-users] MessageBuffer enqueue method

[Mike Marty <mikem@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think this is just C++ magic where calling enqueue() with a sub-class 
of class Message will just invoke the RefCnt(TYPE) constructor.
Other C++ experts can correct me or elaborate.

--Mike


selcuk koyuncu wrote:
> hi everybody,
>   i ve got  a question about MessageBuffers enqueue method and how it is called from Sequencers.
>   "MessageBuffer::enqueue(const MsgPtr &msg, ....)"   this method needs an address of MsgPtr type as the first parameter from where we call it,
> but in Sequencer.C file  its been called with "msg" variable which is a "CacheMsg" object, instead of  a "MsgPtr" object.  
> (CacheMsg msg; ......... >> m_L1Cache_mandatoryQueue_vec[version].enqueue(msg,...));
>    
>   CacheMsg is derived from  "class Message" and  MsgPtr  ("typedef RefCnt<Message> MsgPtr" ) uses "Message" as a template,
> how this could be possiable to call enqueue method with a CacheMsg object, what do i miss, i think, even a key word can help for figure it out.
>   garcias,
>
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