TAliasTo<>

TAliasTo is a concrete class for a safe pointer which points to an object. If a TAliasTo wrapper is copied, the pointer is copied as well. In the example:

  TA object;
  TAliasTo<TA> a1 = &object;
  TAliasTo<TA> a2 = a1;

NOw a1 and a2 both point to the same object.

TAliasTo is not safe; it should only be used if the object's lifetime is managed by other means (for example, by one of the other wrappers). By convention, the user of a TAliasTo has an alias to an object, but no responsibilities for the lifetime of that object.

Any type may be pointed to by TAliasTo.

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