From: Peter Munch <peterrmuench@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 11:43:48 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Introduce SmartPointer::get()
X-Git-Tag: relicensing~579^2
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c4cb01e3f0c62b22650ee6b5a3309a9463977031;p=dealii.git

Introduce SmartPointer::get()
---

diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/smartpointer.h b/include/deal.II/base/smartpointer.h
index 798f3992c3..49dc336e79 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/base/smartpointer.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/smartpointer.h
@@ -152,8 +152,15 @@ public:
   operator*() const;
 
   /**
-   * Dereferencing operator. This operator throws an ExcNotInitializedi() if the
-   * pointer is a null pointer.
+   * Return underlying pointer. This operator throws an ExcNotInitialized() if
+   * the pointer is a null pointer.
+   */
+  T *
+  get() const;
+
+  /**
+   * Operator that returns the underlying pointer. This operator throws an
+   * ExcNotInitialized() if the pointer is a null pointer.
    */
   T *
   operator->() const;
@@ -378,7 +385,7 @@ SmartPointer<T, P>::operator*() const
 
 template <typename T, typename P>
 inline T *
-SmartPointer<T, P>::operator->() const
+SmartPointer<T, P>::get() const
 {
   Assert(t != nullptr, ExcNotInitialized());
   Assert(pointed_to_object_is_alive,
@@ -388,6 +395,15 @@ SmartPointer<T, P>::operator->() const
 
 
 
+template <typename T, typename P>
+inline T *
+SmartPointer<T, P>::operator->() const
+{
+  return this->get();
+}
+
+
+
 template <typename T, typename P>
 template <class Q>
 inline void