boost::any can't be empty

[ThiSpawn <thispawn@…>]

any()
    : content(0)
{
}
~any()
{
    delete content;
}

should be replaced i guess by :

any()
    : content(0)
{
}
~any()
{
    if (content != 0)
        delete content;
}

else an empty boost::any crashes at destruction, and other operations can fail like :

template<typename ValueType>
any & operator=(const ValueType & rhs)
{
    any(rhs).swap(*this);
    return *this;
}

if this->content is null then the local any(rhs) after the swap has a null content, provoking a fail at destruction.

[Steven Watanabe]

Deleting a null pointer is legal and has no effect. (see C++03 5.3.5.2)

[ThiSpawn <thispawn@…>]

Replying to steven_watanabe:

Deleting a null pointer is legal and has no effect. (see C++03 5.3.5.2)

Lack of coffee, my allocators were overriden by some with no checks, my debugger did let me believe deleting a null pointer was not legal. Sorry for this inconvience.