ATL + STL = CAdapt

I didn't know about CAdapt class until I tried to convert a VS2003 project to VS2005. Everything worked OK but I couldn't compile it! The compiler complained about:

std::list<CComQIPtr<IHTMLElement> >.

I found that what was accepted by VC++ 2003 compiler is not accepted by VC++ 2005 compiler. The reason of for is the address operator overloaded by CComQIPtr class. std::list class needs the address of a CComQIPtr object but & operator returns a IHTMLElement* address.

Here's where CAdapt class comes to save us. The list of smart pointers becomes: std::list<CAdapt<CComQIPtr<IHTMLElement> > >
Also you need to use m_T member where needed.