1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/shared/com_ptr.h b/shared/com_ptr.h
index 1ce7eae6..52a072fa 100644
--- a/shared/com_ptr.h
+++ b/shared/com_ptr.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 namespace util
 {
-/* 
+/*
 ComPtr: RAII class handling COM objects
 
 Example:
@@ -39,13 +39,20 @@ public:
     ~ComPtr();
     T** init(); //get pointer for use with ::CoCreateInstance()
     T* get() const;
-    T* release();
+    T* release(); //throw()
     void swap(ComPtr& rhs); //throw()
     T* operator->() const;
-    operator bool() const;
 
 private:
     T* ptr;
+
+	struct ConversionToBool
+    {
+        int dummy;
+    };
+
+public:
+    operator int ConversionToBool::*() const; //use member pointer as implicit conversion to bool (C++ Templates - Vandevoorde/Josuttis; chapter 20)
 };
 
 
@@ -162,12 +169,22 @@ T* ComPtr<T>::operator->() const
 }
 
 
+/*
 template <class T>
 inline
 ComPtr<T>::operator bool() const
 {
     return ptr != NULL;
 }
+*/
+
+
+template <class T>
+inline
+ComPtr<T>::operator int ComPtr<T>::ConversionToBool::*() const
+{
+    return ptr != NULL ? &ConversionToBool::dummy : NULL;
+}
 
 
 template <class S, class T>