remove unused class util::Ref and its unit test

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/ref.h b/src/util/ref.h
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--- a/src/util/ref.h
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-// Copyright (c) 2020 The Bitcoin Core developers
-// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-#ifndef BITCOIN_UTIL_REF_H
-#define BITCOIN_UTIL_REF_H
-
-#include <util/check.h>
-
-#include <typeindex>
-
-namespace util {
-
-/**
- * Type-safe dynamic reference.
- *
- * This implements a small subset of the functionality in C++17's std::any
- * class, and can be dropped when the project updates to C++17
- * (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16684)
- */
-class Ref
-{
-public:
-    Ref() = default;
-    template<typename T> Ref(T& value) { Set(value); }
-    template<typename T> T& Get() const { CHECK_NONFATAL(Has<T>()); return *static_cast<T*>(m_value); }
-    template<typename T> void Set(T& value) { m_value = &value; m_type = std::type_index(typeid(T)); }
-    template<typename T> bool Has() const { return m_value && m_type == std::type_index(typeid(T)); }
-    void Clear() { m_value = nullptr; m_type = std::type_index(typeid(void)); }
-
-private:
-    void* m_value = nullptr;
-    std::type_index m_type = std::type_index(typeid(void));
-};
-
-} // namespace util
-
-#endif // BITCOIN_UTIL_REF_H